THE PORTICO LIBRARY AND NEWSROOM
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, LITERACY, THE DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE, AND THE PROVISION OF LITERATURE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE WIDENING OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN MATTERS OF LITERACY, ARTISTIC, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INTEREST OF EVERY KIND; TO CONDUCT A LIBRARY IN THE PREMISES AT MOSLEY STREET, MANCHESTER, AND BUY OR HIRE AND LEND BOOKS, MAGAZINES, MUSIC, PERIODICALS AND PUBLICATIONS GENERALLY.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024
Total income:
£549,959
| Donations and legacies | £349.88k | |
| Charitable activities | £14.95k | |
| Other trading activities | £107.17k | |
| Investments | £77.95k | |
| Other | £0 |
Total expenditure:
£728,968
| Raising funds | £274.32k | |
| Charitable activities | £454.65k | |
| Other | £0 |
£0 investments gains (losses)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
| Raising funds and other expenditure | £274.32k | |
| Charitable expenditure | £454.65k |
People
10 Employee(s)
13 Trustee(s)
50 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityOne or more of the employees were formerly trustees
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- General Charitable Purposes
- Education/training
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- The General Public/mankind
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
- Manchester City
Governance
- 01 September 2011: Standard registration
- 30 June 2020: Funds received from 515581 THE PORTICO LIBRARY TRUST
- PORTICO (Working name)
- PORTICO LIBRARY AND NEWSROOM LIMITED (Previous name)
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- 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
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
13 Trustee(s)
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| Sade Omeje | Trustee | 01 April 2025 |
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| Alison Louise Pearce | Trustee | 18 December 2024 |
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| Tam Watson | Trustee | 18 December 2024 |
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| Sarah Elizabeth Lay | Trustee | 18 December 2024 |
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| Paul Deehan | Trustee | 18 September 2024 |
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| Ruth Allan | Trustee | 24 November 2022 |
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| Dr David Christopher Cooper | Trustee | 24 November 2022 |
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| Dr Louisa Jayne Yates | Trustee | 24 November 2022 |
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| Karen Chancellor | Trustee | 24 November 2022 |
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| Kevin Dalton-Johnson | Trustee | 24 November 2022 |
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| Esther Olivia Lisk-Carew | Trustee | 24 November 2022 |
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| John Carpenter | Trustee | 30 September 2020 |
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| Kathryn Ann Graham | Trustee | 22 March 2018 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | 31/12/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £518.27k | £433.35k | £350.56k | £412.53k | £549.96k | |
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Total expenditure | £299.55k | £394.19k | £443.30k | £444.74k | £728.97k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | £36.96k | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £337.92k | N/A | N/A | N/A | £349.88k | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £125.75k | N/A | N/A | N/A | £107.17k | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | £14.95k | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | £77.95k | |
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Income - Other | £54.60k | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £206.80k | N/A | N/A | N/A | £454.65k | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £92.75k | N/A | N/A | N/A | £274.32k | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £37.79k | N/A | N/A | N/A | £14.40k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
| Asset / Liability | 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | 31/12/2024 | ||
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Own use assets | £7.21m | N/A | N/A | N/A | £7.99m | |
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Long-term investments | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | |
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Other assets | £431.86k | N/A | N/A | N/A | £279.37k | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £40.58k | N/A | N/A | N/A | £83.49k |
Accounts and annual returns
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 31 December 2024 | 20 October 2025 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2024 | 20 October 2025 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 December 2023 | 28 October 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2023 | 28 October 2024 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 December 2022 | 20 October 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2022 | 30 October 2023 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 December 2021 | 08 November 2022 | 8 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2021 | 08 November 2022 | 8 days late | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 December 2020 | 22 December 2021 | 52 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2020 | 22 December 2021 | 52 days late | Download Open in new window |