Overall GiG Score: 16 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

MANCHESTER HISTORIES 

Manchester Histories celebrates, reveals and raises awareness of the histories and heritage of Greater Manchester through the development of community engagement events and projects and the Manchester Histories Festival
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 11 years

www.manchesterhistories.co.uk

info@manchesterhistories.co.uk

01613061982

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/22£188£203£-15n/an/an/an/an/a68
31/08/21£194£158£36n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/08/20£221£179£41n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/08/19£455£426£29n/an/an/an/an/a32
31/08/18*£177£211£-34£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/17£124£88£36£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/16?£54£23£32£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/15*£46£54£-9£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/14£202£188£14£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Who works here?
  • 68 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£157,970
Manchester City Council£119,575
National Lottery Heritage Fund£27,700
National Lottery Community Fund£9,700
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - Investment Funds
£3,000 31/01/2022
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Manchester Histories Festival.History of Climate Change: Past - Present - Future
£9,700 19/11/2021
This group will use the funds to host a series of community engagement workshops as part of the history of climate change festival in Manchester specifically aimed at underrepresented groups namely ....more
DCMS - CRF21 Manchester Histories
£56,570 08/03/2021
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - CRF21 Manchester Histories
£42,200 08/03/2021
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - CRF20: Manchester Histories
£46,600 14/10/2020
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,600 01/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Manchester Histories
£27,700 06/07/2020
COVID19 Manchester Histories
Manchester City Council - Grant to Manchester Histories
£5,558 30/06/2020
Cultural partnership Agreements. The purpose of the funding is to support cultural organisations in Manchester City which are delivering against the City's priorities and meeting the themes of the ....more
Manchester City Council - Grant to Manchester Histories
£5,558 01/06/2020
Funding is to support cultural organisations in Manchester City which are delivering against the City's priorities and meeting the themes of the Cultural Ambition
Manchester City Council - Grant to Manchester Histories
£5,000 17/02/2020
Grant to deliver an engaging community-led project, ‘The People’s River’, working with different community groups who live and work along the River Irk in North Manchester.
Manchester City Council - Grant to Manchester Histories
£60,000 25/06/2019
Grant towards delivery of the event 'Peterloo 2019 Anniversary' Including performance 'From the Crowd'
Manchester City Council - Grant to Manchester Histories
£3,000 25/06/2019
Grant towards delivery of the event 'Peterloo 2019 Anniversary' Including performance 'From the Crowd'
Manchester City Council - Grant to Manchester Histories
£32,800 25/06/2019
Grant towards delivery of the event 'Peterloo 2019 Anniversary' Including performance 'From the Crowd'
Manchester City Council - Grant to Manchester Histories
£5,000 25/06/2019
Peterloo Anniversary Event including ‘From the Crowd’.
Manchester City Council - Grant to Manchester Histories
£2,660 01/04/2019
Grant funding contribution to the Peterloo Anniversery Event and From Crowd Performance delivery
Manchester City Council - Grant to Manchester Histories
£5,000 28/02/2019
Grant towards development work and engagement activities with communities across the City
Manchester City Council - Grant to Manchester Histories
£5,000 28/02/2019
Grant towards development work and engagement activities with communities across the City
Manchester City Council - Grant to Manchester Histories
£5,558 01/04/2018
Cultural Partnership Agreement grant to fund and support cultural organisations that contribute to making Manchester a thriving, attractive and equitable city with high quality cultural experiences ....more
Manchester City Council - Grant to Manchester Histories
£5,558 17/03/2018
Cultural partnership agreements. The purpose of the funding is to support cultural organisations in Manchester City which are delivering against the City's priorities and meeting the themes of the ....more
Manchester City Council - Grant to Manchester Histories
£6,652 17/03/2018
Cultural partnership Agreements. The purpose of the funding is to support cultural organisations in Manchester City which are delivering against the City's priorities and meeting the themes of the ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Manchester Histories
£251,100 22/06/2017
Peterloo 2019
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Manchester Histories
£79,600 23/09/2015
Hidden Histories, Hidden Historians
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Manchester Histories
£97,800 04/07/2013
Showground of the World: a history of Belle Vue
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 32-71
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/05/2013, number: 1151944
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/11/2012, number: 08283259
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; AR18: 173 days late, AR15: 326 days late,
Main office

Room WLG21, Samuel Alexander Building
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
MANCHESTER
M13 9PL

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION. IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FORGOING TO:- - PROMOTE, ADVANCE AND WIDEN ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND LEARNING ABOUT GREATER MANCHESTER'S HISTORY AND HERITAGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC; - TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SEE FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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