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Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 7
Support Score: 2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

THE WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT LIBRARY

A research and educational resource of books, archives, ephemera and other material recording working class history in Britain and Ireland.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Why are there 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£352£187£165n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£159£138£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£233£145£88n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£149£337£-188n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£167£239£-72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£118£144£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£216£141£75n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£135£145£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£330£135£196n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14*£157£138£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£271£128£143n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£167£121£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£177£176£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£197£203£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£287£225£62n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08*£135£107£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£392£76£316n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 18 years

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enquiries@wcml.org.uk

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Libraries
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£10,000 09/09/2022
community grant
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Working Class Movement Library
£8,000 02/02/2017
Skills for the Future

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 14/15 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-79
  • ALEX HALLIGAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Office Manager
  • ANDY PEARCE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Freelance Heritage Consultant
  • BILL HINDS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Councillor
  • DENNIS MAGINN Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Retired
  • HAZEL ROBERTS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Teacher
  • JANET FARRAR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Trade Union Tutor
  • JOHN CALLOW Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Author
  • LES DOHERTY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Lecturer Trade Union Education
  • LYNN COLLINS Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Trade Union Official
  • MAXINE PEAKE Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Actress
  • OLIVER LOMAX Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Poet
  • ROYSTON GEOFFREY FUTTER Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Retired
  • ROBERT KELLY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Trade Union Official
  • SAMANTHA JANE INGLESON-PERCIVAL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: University Administrator (Associate Dean)
  • SUZANNE HUMPHRIES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chartered Legal Executive
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/08/2006, number: 1115731
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/02/2006, number: 05721140
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR16: 30 days late, AR14: 73 days late, AR08: 35 days late,
Main office

WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT LIBRARY
51 CRESCENT
SALFORD
M5 4WX

Objectives

(A) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RELATION TO THE HISTORY OF THE WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT BY FACILITATING AND PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF SUCH HISTORY;2. IN PARTICULAR TO ESTABLISH AN EDUCATIONAL LIBRARY AND CENTRE WHICH WILL PROVIDE THE FACILITIES OF A SPECIALIST LIBRARY TO ALL INTERESTED IN THE WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT AND WILL RECEIVE AND CLASSIFY MATERIAL FROM ANY AVAILABLE SOURCE FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS RESEARCH WORKERS AND ALL OTHER PERSONS INTERESTED IN MATTERS CONCERNING THE WORKING CLASS;(C) TO PROMOTE STUDIES INTO DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT;(D) TO PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCES MEETINGS LECTURES AND FILM SHOWS ON SUCH PROBLEMS AND HISTORY AT THE LIBRARY CENTRE AND ELSEWHERE;(E) TO MAINTAIN AN INFORMATION SERVICE IN ALL SUCH MATTERS; AND(F) TO HELP OR DEVELOP OR ORGANISE OR CO-OPERATE WITH OTHER EDUCATIONAL CENTRES OR INSTITUTIONS HAVING SIMILAR OBJECTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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