# THE PORTICO LIBRARY AND NEWSROOM

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1143639
- **Other names:** PORTICO LIBRARY AND NEWSROOM LIMITED, PORTICO
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [07499984](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07499984)
- **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&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1143639


## Contact

- **Address:** The Portico Library &amp;amp; Gallery, 57 Mosley Street, MANCHESTER
- **Postcode:** M2 3HY
- **Phone:** 0161 236 6785
- **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.




## 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



## Geography

- Manchester City





## Trustees

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




