The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Greater Manchester LAW Centre

Registered charity 1170317 Registered since 2016

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.

11 trustees on the board

7.5y median 8y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

4
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 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.

Professional services 2Other services 1

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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£603k 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.

5.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

17
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.
2%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

Websitegmlaw.org.uk
Emailinfo@gmlaw.org.uk
Phone01617692244
Address667 Stockport Road, Longsight, MANCHESTER, M12 4QE

Finances

£602,621 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£443,008£327,369
2022£394,241£398,467
2023£403,790£418,718
2024£463,535£457,666
2025£602,621£549,074

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employmentHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

1) TO RELIEVE POOR PERSONS IN THE TEN BOROUGHS MAKING UP THE COUNTY OF GREATER MANCHESTER BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH LEGAL SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE OBTAIN THROUGH THE LACK OF MEANS. 2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONG PERSONS RESIDENT OR WORKING IN THE DESIGNATED AREA. 3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY FOR PERSONS RESIDENT OR WORKING IN THE DESIGNATED AREA.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22 JUL 2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13 OCT 2016

Trustees (11)

11trustees
55median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Greater Manchester LAW Centre · 09698401 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 22/07/2015

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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