Registered charity · Lewes
Lewes and District Talking Newspaper Association
Lewes and District Talking Newspaper Association is a registered charity (number 293806) based in Lewes, governed by 7 trustees. Latest income £205 (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Phoenix Talking Post (Charity Commission)
- 7 trustees
- Income £205 (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, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- East Sussex
- Registered
- 1986
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£205£831
- 2024£0£625
- 2023£125£345
Earlier years
- 2022£0£316
- 2021£0£189
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE THE BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED, OR THOSE LBOURING UNDER SOME TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT INCAPACITY OR DISABILITY WHICH MAKES READING A STRAIN, BY THE PROVISION OF RECORDED TAPES.
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Ann Merricks since 2021
- Cllr Adrian Ross since 2025
- Grace Blaker since 2025
- Jerry Emery since 2016
- Michael Palmer since 2024
- Simon Briant since 2025
- Wendy Elizabeth Emery since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Jerry Emery since 2016
- Wendy Elizabeth Emery since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Ann Merricks since 2021
- Cllr Adrian Ross since 2025
- Grace Blaker since 2025
- Jerry Emery since 2016
- Michael Palmer since 2024
- Simon Briant since 2025
- Wendy Elizabeth Emery since 2018
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
- 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
- 293806
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION OF THE ASSOCIATION OF APRIL 1982
- Contact on the register
- 01273472711 · talkphoenix@hotmail.com
- 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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