Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse Ltd

Analysis

Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in September 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03802430). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse Ltd reported income of £2.8m and spending of £832k, leaving 71% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £398k to £2.8m (+613%), an average of +63% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 213%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse Ltd sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include S1: Artspace/Projects (£2.8m), Highgate Wood and Queens Park Kilburn (£2.9m) and The Arvon Foundation (£2.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 31%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 9.7%. Reserves of £370k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.