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Manchester City Galleries Trust

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 27

  1. Richard Guy Pulford 2021-2024 Director View profile
  2. Pieternella Cornelia Van Den Houten 2019-2022 Director View profile
  3. James Robert Mycock 2018-2024 Director View profile
  4. John Matthew Williams 2018-2024 Director View profile
  5. Thom Hetherington 2017-2023 Director View profile
  6. Timothy John Entwistle 2017-2021 Director View profile
  7. Julian John Sandbach 2015-2022 Director View profile
  8. Joanne Susan Harvey 2014-2016 Director View profile
  9. Mark Parello 2014-2018 Director View profile
  10. Margaret Stephenson 2012-2018 Director View profile
  11. Robert James Moss 2012-2019 Director View profile
  12. Joanne Bloxham 2012-2018 Director View profile
  13. Stephen Leonard Conn 2009-2014 Director View profile
  14. Rachel Jane Haugh 2008-2017 Director View profile
  15. Charles Francis Mckeown 2007-2014 Director View profile
  16. Stephen Paul Lundy 2007-2010 Director View profile
  17. Geoffrey Arnold Shindler 2003-2012 Director View profile
  18. Paul Melvyn Harris 2003-2009 Director View profile
  19. Jack Livingstone 2000-2009 Director View profile
  20. Stephen Terence Sorrell 2000-2010 Director View profile
  21. Dorothy Anne Rathbone 1995-2000 Director View profile
  22. Smith, Warren James, Lord Lieutenant 1995-1998 Director View profile
  23. David James Topham 1995-2012 Director View profile
  24. Nicholas Milne Payne 1995-2011 Director View profile
  25. Valerie Morrison Young 2008-2012 Secretary View profile
  26. Dr Virginia Ann Tandy 2000-2008 Secretary View profile
  27. Richard Dennis Gray 1995-2000 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Museums activities
Incorporated
05/05/1995
Registered office
Manchester
Also a registered charity
Manchester City Galleries Trust
Previous names
Manchester City Galleries Development Trust (until 12/03/2007)

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Manchester City Galleries Trust on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

2 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Financials

Net assets
£1,952,190
Cash
£1,337,774
Employees
0
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

9 grants · £2,389,256 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £1,627,056
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £762,200 (8 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £113,9002023-04-11
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £9,8002019-12-18
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £99,7002018-05-29
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £1,627,0562017-06-21
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £98,1002016-03-03
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

9 directors on the board

2.4y median 2.2y
average tenure
4.7y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (4)

0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Arts and leisure 2Professional services 2Dormant 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
03053689
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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