GREATER MANCHESTER BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1110675 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GMBPT, GREATER MANCHESTER BPT, GREATER MANCHESTER BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST

Building preservation

Objects

TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF GREATER MANCHESTER AND OF THE NATION, THE HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE THAT MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND GREATER MANCHESTER IN BUILDINGS (INCLUDING ANY STRUCTURE OR ERECTION, AND ANY PART OF ANY BUILDINGS AS SO DEFINED) OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST.

Area of benefit: GREATER MANCHESTER

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

Latest income
£26k
Latest spending
£31k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £5,533 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £32,458 and resources expended of £37,991. The trustees consider the results satisfactory and maintain that the net asset position is sufficient to cover ongoing costs, supported by unrestricted funds of £633,330. The charity had no employees during the year, with management and support costs undertaken on a voluntary basis.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Trading activities: Services provided (49% of income)
“Trading activities: Services provided 16,042”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: an excess of its projected needs for the forthcoming year, thereby providing sufficient funds to cover ongoing costs (held: £633k)
“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are free reserves of the charity, at levels which equate to an excess of its projected needs for the forthcoming year, thereby providing sufficient funds to cover ongoing costs.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bolton · Bury · Manchester City · Oldham · Rochdale · Salford City · Stockport · Tameside · Trafford · Wigan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£26k£31k
31/03/2024£12k£22k
31/03/2023£13k£28k
31/03/2022£47k£25k
31/03/2021£53k£18k

Common questions

Is GREATER MANCHESTER BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £5,533 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £32,458 and resources expended of £37,991. The trustees consider the results satisfactory and maintain that the net asset position is sufficient to cover ongoing costs, supported by unrestricted funds of £633,330. The charity had no employees during the year, with management and support costs undertaken on a voluntary basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government25/01/2021£11kLong Street Methodist Church, Middleton
The National Lottery Heritage Fund30/01/2014£8k"Leigh Spinners Mill Start Up Grant"