Registered charity · Colchester
The Colchester and District Talking Newspaper
The Colchester and District Talking Newspaper is a registered charity (number 265605) based in Colchester, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Alan Rustage. Latest income £4k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Cdtn (Charity Commission)
- 8 trustees
- Income £4k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability
- Where
- Essex
- Website
- www.essex.ac.uk/charity/talkingnews (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1974
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4k£1k
- 2024£6k£7k
- 2023£6k£5k
Earlier years
- 2022£6k£5k
- 2021£5k£5k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
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.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
8 trustees on the board
- Alan Rustage Chair
- Barbara Pears
- David Evans since 2021
- Geoffrey Lee since 2022
- Leslie Clark since 2014
- Mike Kirby since 2016
- Robert Finch since 2014
- Val Vincent since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Leslie Clark since 2014
- Mike Kirby since 2016
- Robert Finch since 2014
- Val Vincent since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Alan Rustage Chair
- Barbara Pears
- David Evans since 2021
- Geoffrey Lee since 2022
- Leslie Clark since 2014
- Mike Kirby since 2016
- Robert Finch since 2014
- Val Vincent since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 265605
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES ADOPTED 19/03/1973AS AMENDED ON 26/04/1974AS AMENDED ON 13/01/2015
- Contact on the register
- 01206872275 · cdtn@essex.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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