THE GREATER MANCHESTER TRANSPORT SOCIETY

Charity number: 509772
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Greater Manchester Transport Society exists to maintain a museum for the purpose of advancing the education of the public in the nature of public transport within the United Kingdom and the historical development of all aspects of such public transport with particular emphasis upon the historical aspects of road passenger transport in the counties of Greater Manchester Cheshire and Lancashire.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £197,079
Total expenditure: £189,053

People

12 Trustee(s)

50 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

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

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
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Bolton
  • Bury
  • Manchester City
  • Oldham
  • Rochdale
  • Salford City
  • Stockport
  • Tameside
  • Trafford
  • Wigan

Governance

Registration history:
  • 18 March 1980: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • MANCHESTER MUSEUM OF TRANSPORT (Working name)
Company number:
03169301 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting 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 does not own and/or lease 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

12 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
DENNIS JOHN TALBOT Chair
NARTM
Received: On time
Ian David Hodson Trustee 11 October 2024
None on record
David Paul Hughes Trustee 11 October 2024
None on record
Thomas Philip Cowling Trustee 06 October 2023
None on record
JOHN HUGH ALEXANDER POLLOCK Trustee 30 September 2022
None on record
Aidan Matthew David Anderson Trustee 13 November 2020
None on record
Christopher Paul Charles Williams Trustee 24 August 2018
None on record
Carl Jarman Trustee 24 August 2018
None on record
KELVIN WILLIAM PLATT Trustee 28 August 2015
None on record
PAUL WOTTON Trustee
None on record
ADAM STEPHENSON Trustee
None on record
JOHN SQUIRE CRANKSHAW Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £103.40k £102.38k £209.78k £193.20k £197.08k
Total expenditure £108.26k £58.26k £166.86k £156.23k £189.05k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A £31.76k £54.14k 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 March 2024 13 November 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 13 November 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 06 December 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 06 December 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 15 November 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 15 November 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 14 December 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 14 December 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 22 December 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 22 December 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 OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 JANUARY 1978 AS AMENDED 12 JUNE 1987 AND 7 MARCH 1996 as amended on 11 Oct 2024

Charitable objects

TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A MUSEUM FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE NATURE OF PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE HISTORICAL DEVELPOMENT OF ALL ASPECTS OF SUCH PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN THE COUNTIES OF GREATER MANCHESTER, CHESHIRE AND LANCASHIRE AND THE TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN ROAD TRANSPORT RELATING TO THE NATURE, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF ROAD VEHICLES GENERALLY

Area of benefit

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

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
Museum of Transport
Boyle Street
MANCHESTER
M8 8UW
Phone:
01612052122
Email:
email@gmts.co.uk
Website:

https://motgm.uk Open in new window