Greater Manchester Arts Centre Limited

Analysis

Greater Manchester Arts Centre Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in February 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01681278). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Greater Manchester Arts Centre Limited reported income of £7.2m and spending of £6.6m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6.1m to £7.2m (+19%), an average of +4.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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, Greater Manchester Arts Centre Limited sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust (£7.1m), The Young Vic Company (£7.2m) and Almeida Theatre Company Limited (£7.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 48%, donations and legacies 35% and trading 12%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 7.6%. Reserves of £1.6m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 82 people.