The Chelmsford and District Talking Newspaper

Analysis

The Chelmsford and District Talking Newspaper is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chelmsford. It was registered in October 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending February 2026, The Chelmsford and District Talking Newspaper reported income of £10k and spending of £11k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income fell from £30k to £10k (-66%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income dropped by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Chelmsford and District Talking Newspaper sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sunderland Sports Fund (£10k), Brain Injury Is Big (£10k) and The Castle Foundation (£10k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.