# THE COLCHESTER AND DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 265605
- **Other names:** CDTN
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** April 26, 1974
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=265605


## Contact

- **Address:** ROOM CB 24 CONSTABLE BUILDING, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, COLCHESTER
- **Postcode:** CO4 3SQ
- **Phone:** 01206872275
- **Email:** cdtn@essex.ac.uk
- **Website:** www.essex.ac.uk/charity/talkingnews



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECT OF THE ASSOCIATION IS TO RELIEVE THE BLIND, OR THE PARTIALLY BLIND, OR THOSE LABOURING UNDER SOME TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT INCAPACITY OR DISABILITY WHICH MAKES READING A STRAIN, BY THE PROVISION OF RECORDED TAPES OR OTHER APPROPRIATE MEDIA.

**Activities:** Provide weekly audio cassette tapes of local news free of charge for the blind and visually impaired.

**Area of benefit:** COLCHESTER




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Disability
- **Who:** People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Essex



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £4455 | £1453 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £6487 | £6813 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £6159 | £4713 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £5588 | £5055 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £4979 | £5438 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **ALAN RUSTAGE** (Chair)
- BARBARA PEARS
- David Evans — appointed Jan. 1, 2021
- Geoffrey Lee — appointed May 10, 2022
- Leslie Clark — appointed June 24, 2014
- Mike Kirby — appointed June 15, 2016
- Robert Finch — appointed June 25, 2014
- Val Vincent — appointed Jan. 1, 2019