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Registered charity · Manchester

The Greater Manchester Transport Society

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £263k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham and more
Website
motgm.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Greater Manchester Transport Society
Registered
1980

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£263k£244k
  • 2024£197k£189k
  • 2023£193k£156k
Earlier years
  • 2022£210k£167k
  • 2021£102k£58k
Charitable objects

TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A MUSEUM FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE NATURE OF PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE HISTORICAL DEVELPOMENT OF ALL ASPECTS OF SUCH PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN THE COUNTIES OF GREATER MANCHESTER, CHESHIRE AND LANCASHIRE AND THE TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN ROAD TRANSPORT RELATING TO THE NATURE, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF ROAD VEHICLES GENERALLY

Board analysis for researchers

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.

4.3y median 3y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (1)

13
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 13General Charitable Purposes 13Arts/culture/heritage/science 12Environment/conservation/heritage 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 14Transport 5Other services 2

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£263k 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
509772
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 JANUARY 1978 AS AMENDED 12 JUNE 1987 AND 7 MARCH 1996 as amended on 11 Oct 2024
Companies House
Company number 03169301 · Active
Contact on the register
01612052122 · email@gmts.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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