THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF LABOUR HISTORY

Registered charity 295260 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PEOPLE'S HISTORY MUSEUM

Latest income

£1.6m

Latest spending

£1.8m

Registered

1986

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£1.6m

Total spending

£1.8m

Cost of raising funds

£68k

Reserves (reported)

£162k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Andrea Peace
Anna Cornelius · trustee of 1 other charity
BERNARD DONOGHUE · trustee of 1 other charity
David Luckin · trustee of 2 other charities
Dermot Garvey
Graeme David Silcocks
KAY CARBERRY
Lord David Richard Evans
Matilda Quiney
Nathaniel Tetteh · trustee of 1 other charity
Susannah Thompson · trustee of 1 other charity
Victoria Phillips

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 end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.6m	£1.8m
31/03/2024	£1.8m	£2.1m
31/03/2023	£1.7m	£2.0m
05/04/2022	£1.8m	£1.8m
05/04/2021	£1.6m	£1.7m

Common questions

Who funds THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF LABOUR HISTORY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF LABOUR HISTORY as a grant recipient include JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION, THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, THE HEADLEY TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	FY2023	£133k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	FY2024	£110k
THE HEADLEY TRUST	FY2024	£60k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	25/01/2024	£245k	"Adapt to Thrive"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	23/06/2021	£130k	"Nothing About Us Without Us"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	10/08/2020	£33k	"COVID 19: People's History Museum"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	28/01/2019	£47k	"Disrupt? Peterloo and Protest"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	30/10/2017	£82k	"Represent! 100 years of all men and some women"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	01/02/2016	£63k	"Never Going Underground: The fight for LGBT+ rights"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	30/09/2014	£95k	"Voting for change Â– 150 years of radical movements for democracy, 1819 to 1969"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/02/2014	£71k	"The future of 'ideas worth fighting for' - the People's History Museum in 2020"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	14/01/2014	£53k	"A Land Fit for Heroes: exhibition and engagement programme at the People's History Museum"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/10/2013	£6k	"Supporting odeas worth fighting for: digital giving for the People's History Museum"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	23/11/2011	£15k	"Mr Ordinary's Prize - Illustrating Manchester's Heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/01/2006	£7.4m	"People's History Museum One Site Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/11/2005	£840	"The National Museum Of Labour History Will Use An Award To Host A Number Of Events In Celebration Of The 60th Anniversary Of Ww2. The Museu"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/01/2002	£3k	"This organisation collects and conserves materials relating to the history of working people in Britain and is now planning to host a progra"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/10/1999	£76k	"Interacting with Peoples History"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	02/02/1999	£82k	"People's History for the Third Millennium"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/10/1997	£88k	"National Banner Initiative"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	12/08/1997	£17k	"National Banner Initiative Development Study"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	23/07/1996	£28k	"National Banner Initiative Survey, Manchester"