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Manchester Transport Museum Society Limited

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £20k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Manchester City
Website
www.hptramway.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Manchester Transport Museum Society Limited
Registered
1980

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£20k£6k
  • 2024£12k£10k
  • 2023£16k£12k
Earlier years
  • 2022£26k£17k
  • 2021£32k£14k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 42%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC A TRAMWAY AND TRANSPORT MUSEUM AND FOR THE LIKE PURPOSE TO PROMOTE THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION OF TRAMWAY AND ASSOCIATED VEHICLES OF GENERAL INTEREST OR EQUIPMENT OR ANY OTHER ITEMS OF TRANSPORT INTEREST OR OF ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL HISTORICAL OR SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE AND EDUCATIONAL VALUE WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO ITEMS HAVING A CONNECTION WITH THE AREA COMPRISED WITHIN THE COUNTY OF GREATER MANCHESTER.

Grants received

2 grants · £7,110 total

360Giving 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 · £7,110 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £2,6102003-07-17
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £4,5002000-02-04
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.

3.1y median 2y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (5)

9
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 9Arts/culture/heritage/science 3Education/training 1Religious Activities 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 9Transport 3Education 1

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£12k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
505601
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/10/1979AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/05/2015
Companies House
Company number 01454618 · Active
Contact on the register
01614398203 · heatonparktramway@hotmail.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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