# MARPLE LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 500099
- **Other names:** MARPLE ANTIQUARIAN AND LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Aug. 25, 1970
- **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=500099


## Contact

- **Address:** The Mellor Centre, Church Road, Mellor, STOCKPORT, Cheshire
- **Postcode:** SK6 5LX
- **Phone:** 01614273802
- **Email:** chairman@mlhs.org.uk
- **Website:** marplelocalhistorysociety.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO DEVELOP AND FOSTER AN INTEREST IN THE APPRECIATION OF THE HISTORY OF MARPLE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

**Activities:** Monthly meetings held from September to April with speaker talks on local history and history further afield. Activities include Field trips; Summer evening walks; Monthly e-Newsletter and Website. We manage an Archives Centre with online catalogue for documents / items relating to Marple, Marple Bridge, Mellor, Compstall, Hawk Green, High Lane and Strines. We work with likeminded organisations.

**Area of benefit:** MARPLE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Cheshire East
- Derbyshire
- Stockport



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 28, 2025 | £5642 | £4358 | — | — |
| Feb. 29, 2024 | £4852 | £4878 | — | — |
| Feb. 28, 2023 | £3696 | £3123 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £2580 | £2353 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £450 | £1952 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **JACQUELINE COLLINS** (Chair) — appointed April 16, 2018
- DEREK DRYSDALE — appointed April 17, 2023
- HILARY ELAINE ATKINSON
- Karen Wellings — appointed April 15, 2024
- LOUISE THISTLETON — appointed July 29, 2013
- MARTIN CRUIKSHANK — appointed Aug. 13, 2011
- Neil Philip Derbyshire — appointed Aug. 25, 2020
- Peter Mullany — appointed April 20, 2026