# MERTON TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 272221
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Oct. 25, 1976
- **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=272221


## Contact

- **Address:** Merton Talking Newspaper, C/O - Merton Vision, 67 Clarendon Road, London
- **Postcode:** SW19 2DX
- **Phone:** 07855041884
- **Email:** mertontalkingnewspaper92@hotmail.com
- **Website:** http://www.mtn.org.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECT OF THE ASSOCIATION IS TO PROVIDE ANY BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED RESIDENT OF MERTON WITH A TAPE RECORDING OF LOCAL NEWS AND ITEMS OF INTEREST.

**Activities:** Serving the visually impaired and blind residents of the London Borough of Merton by distributing free weekly audio recordings on  memory sticks and as attachments to Emails. The recordings include local news (mainly from the free local newspaper) and a 30-minute audio Magazine on a wide range of topics of general interest.

**Area of benefit:** LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Disability
- **Who:** People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Merton



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £1665 | £1408 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £1584 | £2630 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £20567 | £7852 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £10000 | £5949 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £4000 | £1675 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Wayne Busbridge** (Chair) — appointed July 31, 2025
- Benjamin Roles — appointed Nov. 24, 2018
- DENIS MCGRATH — appointed Feb. 2, 2012
- Matthew John Frederick Matthews Upson — appointed July 31, 2025
- Steven John Moore — appointed July 31, 2025