The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The National Museum of Labour History

Registered charity 295260 Registered since 1986

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.

12 trustees on the board

3.6y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (5)

12
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 12Education/training 12Environment/conservation/heritage 11General Charitable Purposes 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 20Other services 6Business services 4

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 · spending exceeded income 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.

1.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

34 from 34 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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.phm.org.uk
Emailinfo@phm.org.uk
Phone0161 838 9190
AddressPeoples History Museum, Leftbank, Manchester, M3 3ER

Finances

£1,573,047 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,641,653£1,727,162
2022£1,771,151£1,827,739
2023£1,711,042£1,976,150
2024£1,830,599£2,061,874
2025£1,573,047£1,757,585

What it does

What

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

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM FOR THE PUBLIC EXHIBITION AND DISPLAY OF DOCUMENTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS AND ANY OTHER ITEMS OF VISUAL HISTORY RELATING TO ALL ASPECTS OF THE HISTORY OF THE TRADE UNION AND LABOUR MOVEMENTS INSOFAR AS THEY ARE PART OF THE SOCIAL CULTURAL HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO AND THE COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF ITEMS WHICH RELATE THERETO.(B) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES OR CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR CHARITABLE OBJECT OR CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT MAY THINK FIT OR BY DEED APPOINT AND WHICH IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL BE CONDUCIVE TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS OR MAY BE CONNECTED THEREWITH OR HAVE SOME AFFINITY OF PURPOSE THEREWITH OR MAY( WHETHER SO CONNECTED OR HAVING SUCH AFFINITY OR NOT) CONVENIENTLY BE CONDUCTED OR COMBINED WITH THE OBJECTS DECLARED IN THE FOREGOING SUB-PARAGRAPH (A)

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 28TH JULY 1986 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 23RD SEPTEMBER 1988 13TH FEBRUARY 1990 AND 15TH JULY 1991 AND 14TH JANUARY 2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 OCT 2017

Trustees (12)

12trustees
57median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

National Museum of Labour History(the) · 02041438 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 28/07/1986

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (6)

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