# MID ESSEX TALKING NEWS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 282706
- **Other names:** MID-ESSEX NEWS TAPES ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND, THE MID-ESSEX NEWS TAPES ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND, MENTA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** March 9, 1983
- **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=282706


## Contact

- **Address:** 11 FARRIERS END, STANWAY, COLCHESTER
- **Postcode:** CO3 0YE
- **Phone:** 01206545062
- **Website:** www.midessextalkingnews.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE THE BLIND, OR THE PARTIALLY-SIGHTED, OR THOSE LABOURING UNDER SOME TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT INCAPACITY OR DISABILITY WHICH MAKES READING A STRAIN BY THE PROVISION OF RECORDED TAPES OR TACTILE READING MATTER.

**Activities:** Mid Essex Talking News provides recordings of news items to the visually impaired living in, and with interests in, Mid Essex. METN maintains product quality by monitoring outputs, service of equipment, and reviewing alternative procedures. METN recruits and trains volunteers, organises fundraising events to ensure financial viability, and promotes itself to potential users and supporters.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Disability
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Essex



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | — | — | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | — | — | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | — | — | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | — | — | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | — | — | — | — |
| March 31, 2015 | £992 | £1411 | — | — |
| March 31, 2014 | £1819 | £2793 | — | — |
| March 31, 2013 | £636 | £2596 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **AUGUSTUS NORMAN TOD** (Chair)
- ALAN CHARLES DUNCAN SPENCE
- ANTHONY STENGER
- BETTY JENNET BEAL
- David Keyes — appointed May 25, 2016
- MARGARET FRANCES JEX
- RAYMOND LEONARD HARDISTY
- RON FOSKER
- nicky calam — appointed May 25, 2016