The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The National Football Museum

Registered charity 1050792 Registered since 1995

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

15 trustees on the board

3.5y median 4y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (3)

15
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 15Arts/culture/heritage/science 14Amateur Sport 13Environment/conservation/heritage 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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 26Health and social care 3Other services 3

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£4.8m 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.

7.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 8.3 in 2021

76 from 60 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.nationalfootballmuseum.com
Emailfinance@nationalfootballmuseum.com
Phone01616058200
AddressUrbis, Cathedral Gardens, Manchester, M4 3BG

Finances

£4,810,339 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,630,385£2,186,840
2022£2,897,623£2,539,378
2023£3,518,533£3,277,560
2024£4,574,715£3,837,762
2025£4,810,339£4,377,493

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AND ITS ANTECEDENTS, IN PARTICULAR BY ESTABLISHING A MUSEUM FOR THE PERMANENT EXHIBITION AND PRESERVATION OF ITEMS OF EDUCATIONAL AND/OR HISTORIC VALUE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16 JUN 1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 AUG 1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09 NOV 1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31 OCT 1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 JUL 2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10 APR 2018AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 24 APR 2018

Trustees (15)

15trustees
48median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The National Football Museum · 03070670 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 16/06/1995

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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