# THE PORTICO LIBRARY AND NEWSROOM

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1143639
- **Other names:** PORTICO LIBRARY AND NEWSROOM LIMITED, PORTICO
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 1, 2011
- **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=1143639


## Contact

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



## Activities

**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.

**Activities:** 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.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Manchester City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £549959 | £728968 | £8181009 | 10 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £412532 | £444741 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £350560 | £443302 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £433351 | £394193 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £518270 | £299549 | £7599797 | 6 |



## Trustees

- **Susan Catherine Diggines** (Chair) — appointed Feb. 23, 2026
- Alison Louise Pearce — appointed Dec. 18, 2024
- Dr David Christopher Cooper — appointed Nov. 24, 2022
- Dr Louisa Jayne Yates — appointed Nov. 24, 2022
- Esther Olivia Lisk-Carew — appointed Nov. 24, 2022
- Karen Chancellor — appointed Nov. 24, 2022
- Kathryn Ann Graham — appointed March 22, 2018
- Kevin Dalton-Johnson — appointed Nov. 24, 2022
- Paul Deehan — appointed Sept. 18, 2024
- Sade Omeje — appointed April 1, 2025
- Sarah Elizabeth Lay — appointed Dec. 18, 2024
- Tam Watson — appointed Dec. 18, 2024