The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Liverpool Talking Newspaper for the Blind

Registered charity 510886 Registered since 1981

Operates: Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

8 trustees on the board

11.1y median 11y
average tenure
18y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1Economic/community Development/employment 1Education/training 1Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 1Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£9k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websiteliverpooltalkingnewspaper.weebly.com
Emailderekho50@virginmedia.com
Phone01514861400
AddressSPEKE TRAINING & EDUCATION CENTRE, UNIT HOUSE, SPEKE BOULEVARD, LIVERPOOL, L24 9HZ

Finances

£8,898 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,915£324
2022£4,756£585
2023£983£500
2024£1,805£326
2025£8,898£276

What it does

What

Disability

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE BY PROVIDING THEM WITH RECORDED TAPES

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 24 OCTOBER 1980 AS AMENDED 18 NOVEMBER 1980, 25 AUGUST 1981, 18 OCTOBER 1984 AND 16 JULY 1991

Trustees (8)

8trustees
82median age
2aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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