THE PORTICO LIBRARY AND NEWSROOM

Charity number: 1143639
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

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 2023

Total income: £412,532
Total expenditure: £444,741

People

13 Trustee(s)

26 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

One or more of the employees were formerly trustees

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Manchester City

Governance

Registration history:
  • 01 September 2011: Standard registration
  • 30 June 2020: Funds received from 515581 THE PORTICO LIBRARY TRUST
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • PORTICO (Working name)
  • PORTICO LIBRARY AND NEWSROOM LIMITED (Previous name)
Company number:
07499984 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

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)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Sade Omeje Trustee 01 April 2025
None on record
Alison Louise Pearce Trustee 18 December 2024
None on record
Tam Watson Trustee 18 December 2024
CITY OF TREES TRUST
Recently registered
Sarah Elizabeth Lay Trustee 18 December 2024
None on record
Paul Deehan Trustee 18 September 2024
None on record
Ruth Allan Trustee 24 November 2022
None on record
Dr David Christopher Cooper Trustee 24 November 2022
None on record
Dr Louisa Jayne Yates Trustee 24 November 2022
None on record
Karen Chancellor Trustee 24 November 2022
None on record
Kevin Dalton-Johnson Trustee 24 November 2022
None on record
Esther Olivia Lisk-Carew Trustee 24 November 2022
None on record
John Carpenter Trustee 30 September 2020
None on record
Kathryn Ann Graham Trustee 22 March 2018
GEORGE CLARKE
Received: On time
OGLESBY CHARITABLE TRUST
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £322.90k £518.27k £433.35k £350.56k £412.53k
Total expenditure £389.13k £299.55k £394.19k £443.30k £444.74k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A £36.96k N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies N/A £337.92k N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other trading activities N/A £125.75k N/A N/A N/A
Income - Charitable activities N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Income - Endowments N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Income - Investment N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other N/A £54.60k N/A N/A N/A
Income - Legacies N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities N/A £206.80k N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds N/A £92.75k N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Governance N/A £37.79k N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Investment management N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Other N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
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
Annual return 31 December 2019 30 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 30 October 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/01/2011 as amended on 13 Sep 2019 as amended on 17 Sep 2019 as amended on 18 Nov 2021

Charitable objects

FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, LITERACY, THE DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE, AND THE PROVISION OF LITERATURE, TO MAINTAIN THE PREMISES IN MOSLEY STREET, MANCHESTER, OR SUCH OTHER PLACE OR PLACES AS SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED AS A LIBRARY, NEWSROOM AND ART GALLERY, 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, OR AT SUCH OTHER PLACE OR PLACES AS SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED AND BUY OR HIRE AND LEND BOOKS, MAGAZINES, MUSIC, PERIODICALS AND PUBLICATIONS GENERALLY.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
The Portico Library & Gallery
57 Mosley Street
MANCHESTER
M2 3HY
Phone:
01612366785
Email:
librarian@theportico.org.uk
Website:

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