Registered charity (CIO) · Manchester
The Friends of the Whitworth ART Gallery
- 13 trustees
- Income £32k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Anne Kirkham DrTrustee · since 2022
- Anne WadeTrustee · since 2023
- Christina HarmerTrustee · since 2019
- Christine TomkinsonTrustee · since 2021
- David WillarsTrustee · since 2025
- Isabel Dibden WrightTrustee · since 2020
- Jennie BanfieldTrustee · since 2020
- Johanna KeaneTrustee · since 2023
- Lorraine GodkinTrustee · since 2026
- Mike TierneyTrustee · since 2025
- MS A MackinnonTrustee · since 2013
- Sonya CrawfordTrustee · since 2022
- Susan JenkinsTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.friendsofthewhitworth.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£32k£35k
- 2024£33k£57k
- 2023£39k£49k
Earlier years
- 2022£25k£11k
- 2021£44k£59k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE FRIENDS SHALL BE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTION, SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE WHITWORTH ART GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER IN CO-OPERATION WITH ITS MANAGEMENT AND STAFF
Grants received
1 grant · £7,500 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £7,500
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Anne Kirkham Dr since 2022
- Anne Wade since 2023
- Christina Harmer since 2019
- Christine Tomkinson since 2021
- David Willars since 2025
- Isabel Dibden Wright since 2020
- Jennie Banfield since 2020
- Johanna Keane since 2023
- Lorraine Godkin since 2026
- MS A Mackinnon since 2013
- Mike Tierney since 2025
- Sonya Crawford since 2022
- Susan Jenkins since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Christina Harmer since 2019
- Isabel Dibden Wright since 2020
- Jennie Banfield since 2020
- MS A Mackinnon since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Anne Kirkham Dr since 2022
- Anne Wade since 2023
- Christina Harmer since 2019
- Christine Tomkinson since 2021
- David Willars since 2025
- Isabel Dibden Wright since 2020
- Jennie Banfield since 2020
- Johanna Keane since 2023
- MS A Mackinnon since 2013
- Mike Tierney since 2025
- Sonya Crawford since 2022
- Susan Jenkins since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Lorraine Godkin since 2026
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.
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
- 1154578
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Association Registered 13 Nov 2013
- Contact on the register
- 01614462829 · info@friendsofthewhitworth.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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