# THE WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT LIBRARY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1115731
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Aug. 9, 2006
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1115731


## Contact

- **Address:** WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT LIBRARY, 51 CRESCENT, SALFORD
- **Postcode:** M5 4WX
- **Phone:** 01617363601
- **Email:** enquiries@wcml.org.uk
- **Website:** wcml.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (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.

**Activities:** A research and educational resource of books, archives, ephemera and other material recording working class history in Britain and Ireland.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £216862 | £277620 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £245830 | £218030 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £352018 | £186838 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £159109 | £138469 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £233377 | £145477 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Alex Halligan — appointed April 25, 2018
- Andy Pearce — appointed Jan. 29, 2024
- Bill Hinds — appointed July 12, 2023
- Dennis Maginn
- Hazel Roberts — appointed March 27, 2020
- Janet Farrar — appointed March 22, 2023
- John Callow — appointed April 29, 2021
- Les Doherty — appointed April 29, 2021
- Lynn Collins — appointed April 17, 2015
- MAXINE PEAKE — appointed Sept. 13, 2012
- Oliver Lomax — appointed April 29, 2021
- Robert Kelly — appointed April 25, 2018
- Samantha Jane Ingleson-Percival — appointed March 27, 2020
- Suzanne Humphries — appointed March 27, 2020