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Registered charity · Manchester

The Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society

The Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society is a registered charity (number 515599) based in Manchester, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £45k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £45k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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, Environment/conservation/heritage, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
mlfhs.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1984

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£45k£54k
  • 2024£49k£52k
  • 2023£53k£57k
Earlier years
  • 2022£47k£12k
  • 2021£48k£42k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE AIMS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE:- 1) TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC STUDY OF BRITISH FAMILY HISTORY,GENEALOGY, HERALDRY AND LOCAL HISTORY. 2) TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION,SECURITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF ARCHIVAL MATERIAL.

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

2.8y median 2y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

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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 9Environment/conservation/heritage 9General Charitable Purposes 9

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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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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£49k latest income · spending exceeded income 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
515599
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 12 MAY 1983 AS AMENDED ON THE 8 MAY 1996 AND 15 MARCH 2000 AND 12 MAY 2010.
Contact on the register
0161 234 1060 · office@mlfhs.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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