Registered charity · Manchester
The Mechanics Centre Museum of Labour and Trades Union History Trust
- 16 trustees
- Income £4k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Harry SpoonerChair
- Alan ManningTrustee
- Angela RigbyTrustee · since 2015
- Annette Patricia WrightTrustee · since 2015
- Carl Anthony WebbTrustee · since 2011
- Christine Lilian SheehyTrustee · since 2017
- Gerald CooneyTrustee
- Glynn EvansTrustee
- James Matthew McnichollsTrustee
- John MorganTrustee · since 2016
- John NicholsonTrustee · since 2023
- John William McdonnellTrustee
- Kevin MorleyTrustee
- Peter DoddTrustee
- Steven StottTrustee · since 2017
- Terence Stuart MorleyTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Manchester City
- Linked company
- The Mechanics Centre Museum of Labour and Trades' Union History Trust
- Registered
- 1987
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4k£38k
- 2024£28k£24k
- 2023£4k£18k
Earlier years
- 2022£5k£13k
- 2021£4k£38k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROVIDE FACILITIES, IN PARTICULAR A MUSEUM, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING ADVANCING ITS KNOWLEDGE OF THE ORIGINS, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE LABOUR AND TRADES UNION MOVEMENTS AND PROMOTING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONTRIBUTION MADE BY THE MANCHESTER MECHANICS INSTITUTE (WHICH OCCUPIED 103 PRINCESS ST, MANCHESTER FROM 1856 TO 1882) TO THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG MEN IN THE APPLICATIONOF SCIENCE TO MECHANICAL AND MANUFACTURING ART.
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.
16 trustees on the board
- Harry Spooner Chair
- Alan Manning
- Angela Rigby since 2015
- Annette Patricia Wright since 2015
- Carl Anthony Webb since 2011
- Christine Lilian Sheehy since 2017
- Gerald Cooney
- Glynn Evans
- James Matthew Mcnicholls
- John Nicholson since 2023
- John William Mcdonnell
- John Morgan since 2016
- Kevin Morley
- Peter Dodd
- Steven Stott since 2017
- Terence Stuart Morley
Trustees past 6 years
- Angela Rigby since 2015
- Annette Patricia Wright since 2015
- Carl Anthony Webb since 2011
- Christine Lilian Sheehy since 2017
- John Morgan since 2016
- Steven Stott since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (15)
- Harry Spooner Chair
- Alan Manning
- Angela Rigby since 2015
- Annette Patricia Wright since 2015
- Carl Anthony Webb since 2011
- Christine Lilian Sheehy since 2017
- Gerald Cooney
- James Matthew Mcnicholls
- John Nicholson since 2023
- John William Mcdonnell
- John Morgan since 2016
- Kevin Morley
- Peter Dodd
- Steven Stott since 2017
- Terence Stuart Morley
Portfolio (1)
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 519213
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 24 JULY 1987
- Companies House
- Company number 02150230 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01618604067 · jim@cwu-gmr.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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