The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Manchester City Galleries Trust

Registered charity 1048581 Registered since 1995

Operates: Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan

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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.

10 trustees on the board

2.6y median 2.5y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
14.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 10Education/training 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 20Professional services 4Education 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.6m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

4.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 19.4 in 2021

34 from 26 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.manchesterartgallery.org
Emailjo.beggs@manchester.gov.uk
Phone07917553040
AddressMANCHESTER ART GALLERY, MOSLEY STREET, MANCHESTER, M2 3JL

Finances

£1,582,274 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,387,558£628,007
2022£1,394,993£958,147
2023£1,286,532£1,293,848
2024£1,762,115£1,451,340
2025£1,582,274£1,342,607

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

FOR ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE CITIZENS AND OTHER RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF MANCHESTER IN PARTICULAR AND OF OTHER CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS OF THE UNTIES KINGDOM IN GENERAL IN BRITISH AND FOREIGN HISTORY OF ARTS AND FOR THE BENEFITS OF SCHOLARS IN THE UNIVERSITIES AND OF LOCAL, NATIONAL AND FOREIGN RESEARCHERS IN HISTORY OF ARTS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5 MAY 1995 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 29 SEPTEMBER 2000, 11 JULY 2003 AND 23 FEBRUARY 2007 as amended on 01 Sep 2023

Trustees (10)

10trustees
59median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Manchester City Galleries Trust · 03053689 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 05/05/1995

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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