# Manchester Imagination Library

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1177843
- **Other names:** GORTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY, Manchester Imagination Library
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** April 6, 2018
- **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=1177843


## Contact

- **Address:** SURE START CHILDRENS CENTRE, STELLING STREET, MANCHESTER
- **Postcode:** M18 8LW
- **Phone:** 07970530325



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE EARLY EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF FREE, HIGH-QUALITY BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AGED UNDER 5, LIVING IN MANCHESTER

**Activities:** Gorton Imagination Library sponsors book gifting to children aged between 0-5 living in the Gorton area of Manchester.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Areas of operation

- Manchester City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5, 2025 | £9788 | £17604 | — | — |
| April 5, 2024 | £5960 | £16130 | — | — |
| April 5, 2023 | £6730 | £12117 | — | — |
| April 5, 2022 | £17490 | £5445 | — | — |
| April 5, 2021 | £14249 | £6222 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **JANET FITZGERALD** (Chair) — appointed March 30, 2018
- Cheryl Ann Pridgeon — appointed Dec. 7, 2018
- Councillor Julie Reid — appointed Feb. 1, 2022
- HANNAH MAHAPATRA — appointed May 25, 2021
- Janet Dexter — appointed Jan. 1, 2019
- Jenny Simpson — appointed Feb. 1, 2022
- Joanne Farrell — appointed Dec. 7, 2018
- Joanne Susan Harvey — appointed Feb. 1, 2022