WEALDEN TALKING NEWS

Registered charity 270183 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEATHFIELD AND DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION

Production and provision of audio editions of local newspapers to visually impaired. Production and provision of audio magazines to visually impaired. Facilities also used to convert written data to audio versions for other local charities, e.g. East Sussex Association for the Blind, Care for the Carers, etc.

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Latest income
£163k
Latest spending
£14k
Registered
1976
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased from £42,434 to £190,565 during the period, driven by a significant transfer of £65,000 into a designated fund for new business premises. The charity reports sufficient net assets to continue planned operations for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wealden Talking News (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£163k£14k
31/03/2024£8k£13k
31/03/2023£5k£12k
31/03/2022£5k£12k
31/03/2021£6k£9k

Common questions

Is WEALDEN TALKING NEWS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased from £42,434 to £190,565 during the period, driven by a significant transfer of £65,000 into a designated fund for new business premises. The charity reports sufficient net assets to continue planned operations for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund21/03/2019£10kStreaming Sussex Wide

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRADFORD TALKING MAGAZINES LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WEALDEN TALKING NEWS£163k0unclearno doubt
BRADFORD TALKING MAGAZINES LTD FY2025£182k0unclearnoted
GALLOWAY'S SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND FY2025£1.6mwithinno doubt
THE BLACKPOOL FYLDE AND WYRE SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND FY2025£2.3m0unclearno doubt
RUDOLF STEINER PRESS FY2025£243kunclearno doubt
BIRKDALE TRUST FOR HEARING IMPAIRED LTD FY2024£253k0aboveno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.