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Borders Talking Newspapers

SC020192Registered charity from 20 April 1992
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
This SCIO was incorporated on28/11/2014 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by .... which was an ..... registered as a charity since dd/mm/yyyy.
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By BTN
Address 53 Dounehill
Jedburgh
Postcode TD8 6LJ
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website https://btn.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The organisation’s purposes are: i. The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage; ii. The promotion of equality and diversity. The purposes are advanced by: I. Assisting people who have difficulty reading printed material as a result of sight problems or other incapacity or disability by the provision of audio recordings of local newspapers and other items of general or personal interest; ii. Providing material by other methods of reproduction which may become available; iii. Doing all other things, alone or in conjunction with other charitable organisations or institutions, to promote or further the purposes.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
We are here to provide audio presentation of local news features to those who for any reason are unable to read printed material. Groups of volunteers edit and record the news on a weekly basis from 2 locations in the borders. The results are then put on to memory sticks and sent out to an average of 200 people to use on players that we provide. It is also available from our website or by App using mobile phones, iPads and Smart Speakers although at this stage no data as to the usage is available to us. We include notices from such as the RNIB and Social Care Alliance Scotland and regularly add magazine style features or quizzes.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 28 Nov 2014
Previous Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association
Previous Constitutional Form Date: 20 Apr 1992
Main Operating Location: Scottish Borders
Number of Staff: 1
Number of Volunteers: 51-100
Purposes: "the promotion of equality and diversity", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
Beneficiaries: "Older People", "People with disabilities or health problems", "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2022 £27,290 £20,964 18 Oct 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £38,900 £30,074 18 Oct 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £20,377 £24,257 30 Sept 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £21,468 £24,473 11 Nov 2025 Yes Download
31 Mar 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 Dec 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
John Payne
Deborah Stokes
Clova Reid
Matilda Hall
James Dundas
Alasdair Hutton
Fiona Grieve
Paul Starkey
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