The Manchester Guardian Society Charitable Trust

Registered charity 515341 Registered since 1984

Operates: Bolton, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

4.8y median 2y

average tenure

14y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

9.6y

average years in governance

6 vs 2 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

General Charitable Purposes 10Education/training 2Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1Religious Activities 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience

Health and social care 3Education 2Arts and leisure 1

Boards that share trustees

Bolton Scout Trust 1 shared trustee
Bibbys Farm Limited 1 shared trustee
Fortalice Limited 1 shared trustee
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Mary and ST Luke, Bowdon 1 shared trustee
The Shed Tameside 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

The Shed Tameside 1 shared trustee
Cheshire Forest County of the Guide Association 1 shared trustee
Bibbys Farm Limited 1 shared trustee
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Mary and ST Luke, Bowdon 1 shared trustee
The Cotton Districts Convalescent Fund and the Barnes Samaritan Charity 1 shared trustee
Bolton Scout Trust 1 shared trustee

Boards that overlap with this one through shared trustees, or govern in the same field. Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.manchesterguardiansociety.org.uk
Email	secretary@manchesterguardiansociety.org.uk
Phone	01204414317
Address	c/o Beyond Profit Ltd, Bolton Arena, Arena Approach, Horwich, BOLTON, BL6 6LB

Finances

£141,659 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£87,661	£241,647
2022	£108,922	£208,969
2023	£75,865	£185,362
2024	£124,559	£186,579
2025	£141,659	£189,870

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

TO APPLY THE CAPITAL AND INCOME IN PERPETUITY TO OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS OR TO OR FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES (BEING PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 12 JUNE 1984 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 20 JANUARY 2006 as amended on 04 Sep 2023 as amended on 09 Sept 2024

Trustees (10)

10trustees

69median age

1aged 70+

Succession outlook: 1 of 10 trustees are aged 70 or over.

Diane Mary Hawkins DL JP LLBage 69 Chair
Anna Dale JP DL since 2024
Karan Sheppard since 2024
Karen Wilson DL since 2024
LT COL Shauna Dixon since 2013
Lorraine Carter MBE
Michael Walmsley MBE DLage 85 since 2024
Robert Topham Raceage 64 since 2025
Sharman Birtles since 2012
Susan Lomas OBE since 2024

Connected charities (8)

The Shed Tameside 1 shared trustee
J T Blair'S Charity 1 shared trustee
The Cotton Districts Convalescent Fund and the Barnes Samaritan Charity 1 shared trustee
Bolton Scout Trust 1 shared trustee
Bibbys Farm Limited 1 shared trustee
Fortalice Limited 1 shared trustee
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Mary and ST Luke, Bowdon 1 shared trustee
Cheshire Forest County of the Guide Association 1 shared trustee

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