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Registered charity (CIO) · Rochdale

Greater Manchester Fire Service Museum Trust

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £159k (2025)
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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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham and more
Website
www.fireground.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£159k£129k
  • 2024£90k£76k
  • 2023£87k£77k
Earlier years
  • 2022£80k£61k
  • 2021£61k£27k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 11%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES IN GREATER MANCHESTER AND TO PRESERVE AND RESTORE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARTEFACTS AND OTHER ASSOCIATED ITEMS IN CONNECTION WITH THE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES.(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN FIRE SAFETY.

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.

9 trustees on the board

4.2y median 6y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

0
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 9Education/training 9

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£159k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1189175
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 23 Apr 2020 as amended on 28 Mar 2022
Contact on the register
01706341219 · museum@fireground.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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