Registered charity · Whitehaven
Copeland Talking Newspaper Association
Copeland Talking Newspaper Association is a registered charity (number 517737) based in Whitehaven, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Colin Edgar since 2013. Latest income £423 (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 6 trustees
- Income £423 (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- Where
- Cumbria
- Registered
- 1986
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£423£986
- 2024£375£2k
- 2023£1k£1k
Earlier years
- 2022£3k£2k
- 2021£539£612
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE THE BLIND OR THE PARTIALLY SIGHTED OR THOSE LABOURING UNDER SOME TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT INCAPACITY OR DISABILITY WHICH MAKES READING A STRAIN, BY THE PROVISION OF RECORDED TAPES.
Board analysis
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Colin Edgar Chair since 2013
- Joyce Graham since 2011
- Linda Lloyd since 2014
- Marie Scott since 2013
- Pamela Ruddy since 2015
- Steven Palmer since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- Colin Edgar Chair since 2013
- Joyce Graham since 2011
- Linda Lloyd since 2014
- Marie Scott since 2013
- Pamela Ruddy since 2015
- Steven Palmer since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Colin Edgar Chair since 2013
- Joyce Graham since 2011
- Linda Lloyd since 2014
- Marie Scott since 2013
- Pamela Ruddy since 2015
- Steven Palmer since 2014
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 517737
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 25 JUNE 1986.
- Contact on the register
- 0194664660
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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