Manchester Transport Museum Society Limited

Analysis

Manchester Transport Museum Society Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheadle. It was registered in January 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01454618). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Manchester Transport Museum Society Limited reported income of £20k and spending of £5,720, leaving 71% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £32k to £20k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 57% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Manchester Transport Museum Society Limited sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bristol Civic Society Incorporating the Bristol Kyrle Society (Established 1905) (£20k), 4th Aldershot W E B S Scout Group (£20k) and Society for Landscape Studies (£19k).