THE COLCHESTER AND DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER

Charity number: 265605
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

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

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £6,487
Total expenditure: £6,813

People

8 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

No information available

Trustee payments

No information available

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Disability
Who the charity helps:
  • People With Disabilities
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Essex

Governance

Registration history:
  • 26 April 1974: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • CDTN (Working name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
ALAN RUSTAGE Chair
None on record
Geoffrey Lee Trustee 10 May 2022
None on record
David Evans Trustee 01 January 2021
None on record
Val Vincent Trustee 01 January 2019
None on record
Mike Kirby Trustee 15 June 2016
None on record
Robert Finch Trustee 25 June 2014
None on record
Leslie Clark Trustee 24 June 2014
None on record
BARBARA PEARS Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £5.28k £4.98k £5.59k £6.16k £6.49k
Total expenditure £5.97k £5.44k £5.06k £4.71k £6.81k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 21 September 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2023 11 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2022 09 November 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2021 21 July 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2020 18 June 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 Not Required
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

RULES ADOPTED 19/03/1973 AS AMENDED ON 26/04/1974 AS AMENDED ON 13/01/2015

Charitable 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.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

COLCHESTER

Contact information

Address:
ROOM CB 24 CONSTABLE BUILDING
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
COLCHESTER
CO4 3SQ
Phone:
01206872275
Email:
cdtn@essex.ac.uk
Website:

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