# THE MANCHESTER LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 235313
- **Other names:** THE MANCHESTER LITERARY AND PHILOSPHICAL SOCIETY, MANCHESTER LIT AND PHIL
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [00009330](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00009330)
- **Registered:** July 14, 1964
- **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=235313


## Contact

- **Address:** ManLitPhil c/o Portico Library, 57 Mosley Street, Manchester
- **Postcode:** M2 3HY
- **Phone:** 07312 090503
- **Email:** ADMIN@MANLITPHIL.AC.UK
- **Website:** WWW.MANLITPHIL.AC.UK



## Activities

**Objects:** PROMOTING THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE WIDENING OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE APPRECIATION OF ANY FORM OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE, THE ARTS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROVIDED THAT NO ACTIVITY INVOLVING PARTY POLITICS OR CONTROVERSIAL THEOLOGY SHALL BE INCLUDED IN THE PURSUIT OF THESE OBJECTS.

**Activities:** Across the calendar year, the Society delivers an eclectic range of lectures and seminars. We offer a focal point for modern, bright ideas, drawing inspiration from a variety of subject areas including the Arts, Science and Technology, and Social Philosophy. We also present a programme specifically aimed at young people, with a view to increasing their interest in and awareness of the world.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West &amp; Chester
- Derbyshire
- Lancashire
- Manchester City





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Peter Wright** | Chair | Sept. 19, 2023 |
| Alan Wareham |  | Sept. 19, 2023 |
| Alison Carey |  | April 22, 2024 |
| Celia Baker |  | Sept. 20, 2022 |
| Dhun Daji |  | Jan. 24, 2022 |
| Dr Eda Gliga-Baubec |  | July 7, 2025 |
| Dr Susan Hilton |  | Sept. 27, 2018 |
| Jacqueline Hughes-Lundy |  | July 7, 2025 |
| Jonathan Sime |  | Oct. 7, 2025 |
| Martin John Hunt |  | July 7, 2025 |
| Michael Kia-Shu Tso |  | Sept. 20, 2022 |
| Peter Carstensen |  | Sept. 19, 2023 |
| Rowan Jae Moony |  | April 1, 2025 |
| Sabine Flitsch |  | Oct. 7, 2025 |
| Susan Margaret Cameron |  | March 24, 2025 |
| Thomas Alexander Whitehead |  | July 7, 2025 |



## Linked charities

- WILDE ENDOWMENT FUND (235313-1)



