Manchester Imagination Library

Registered charity 1177843 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GORTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY

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

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

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

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Registered contact address: Manchester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£10k
Latest spending
£18k
Registered
2018

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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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Volunteers: 3

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2021 (received 03/03/2022, 26 days after the 05/02/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£10k£18k
05/04/2024£6k£16k
05/04/2023£7k£12k
05/04/2022£17k£5k
05/04/2021£14k£6k

Common questions

Who funds Manchester Imagination Library?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Manchester Imagination Library as a grant recipient include VINCI UK FOUNDATION, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
VINCI UK FOUNDATIONFY2021£3kImproving the library
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k
LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUSTFY2024£2kMaterial Institutional Grants

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
One Manchester01/11/2017£2kProviding books for under 5's