Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 9
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 

Organising and staging a biennial arts festival of performances, exhibitions and special events, commissioning new work for the public benefit. Organising and staging performances between Festivals.Touring selected commissions to venues and arts festivals in the UK and the rest of the world.In Summer 2023 we will transition to our new permanent venue in Manchester - Factory International.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 20 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Established: 18 years

www.factoryinternational.org

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/22?£20,201£18,844£1,358£893£11,675£1,8531.2110440
30/09/20£12,802£6,642£6,159£561£10,189£2,2804.1810
30/09/19£17,703£17,019£684£564£4,008£3800.3114507
30/09/18*£6,816£4,481£2,335£254£3,324£1,5304.147500
30/09/17£9,193£9,713£-519£357£989£7450.952442
30/09/16£2,859£1,899£960£218£1,516£1,3268.4230
30/09/15*£8,078£8,394£-317£349£556£4090.6370
30/09/14£3,106£2,377£730£219£873£8534.3220
30/09/13£8,240£9,035£-795£321£143£1430.2420
30/09/12£3,346£2,557£789£196£939£8954.2210
30/09/11£8,771£9,852£-1,081£373£150£1500.2370
30/09/10£2,433£1,260£1,173£229£1,230£1,21011.5180
30/09/09?£8,804£8,638£165£550£58£580.1310
31/03/08*£6,190£6,698£-509£283£19£190160
31/03/07£1,950£1,460£489£254£527£5274.3140

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £140,000-£150,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 16%
Reserves/Spending: 1.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 6.2
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Who works here?
  • 110 employees
  • 440 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£10,175,016
Esmee Fairbairn£587,548
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£406,258
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Manchester International Festival
£40,000 27/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - The Factory Residents’ Association (working title)
£6,258 18/01/2023
Manchester International Festival is undergoing a significant period of organisational change as it prepares to open The Factory, a major new cultural space being built in the heart of Manchester. ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Manchester International Festival
£47,548 23/06/2021
Towards core costs from the Reinvent Performing Arts Fund
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Manchester International Festival
£500,000 15/09/2020
60
Towards Core costs MIF proposes to use a transformational moment (from Festival to Factory) to support communities to thrive; working alongside them to ensure residents are individually + ....more
DCMS - MIF
£1,009,416 01/04/2020
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more
DCMS - NPO 18-22 Restricted
£9,165,600 01/04/2020
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - The Factory Residents’ Association (working title)
£400,000 14/10/2019
48
To extend the work of the Creative Engagement department by embedding community-led curation and co-design across the festival and The Factory.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - MI:Festival - re-imagining local engagement, ownership and diversity at MIF
£200,000 07/11/2016
24
To support a step-change in the nature and scale of Manchester International Festival's (MIF) local engagement, under the leadership of Artistic Director John McGrath. MI:Festival is a new a year ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Manchester International Festival
£255,680 14/09/2016
36
Towards two new staff posts to deliver a new model for community-led cultural engagement.
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Manchester International Festival
£40,000 16/03/2016
For participatory work with older people.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Manchester International Festival
£19,300 05/05/2015
12
Towards a training programme working with cultural venues in the North West involving the use of Makaton language programme, plus the costs of documentation and evaluation of the programme.
National Lottery Community Fund - Manchester International Festival
£10,000 23/02/2012
12
This is one of 30 communities across England receiving development funding through the Communities Living Sustainably programme to help jump start detailed planning for more sustainable living. They ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Manchester International Festival
£72,500 10/09/2008
18
Towards Core costs Towards the costs of a new programme inspiring cultural innovation across Manchester.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (20)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 33-70
  • FAZEEL BARBER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Architectural Designer
  • GARY NEVILLE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Commercial Director
  • SHAMINDER NAHAL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Commissioning Editor Of Arts And Factual
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/04/2006, number: 1113902
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/11/2004, number: 05292793
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR18: 77 days late, AR15: 114 days late, AR08: 13 days late,
Main office

AVIVA Studios
Water Street
Manchester
M3 4JQ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) MUSIC, OPERA, DANCE, SINGING, DANCING, LITERATURE AND THE VISUAL ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) THE HOLDING OF FESTIVALS OF CULTURE, IDEAS AND CREATIVITY

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

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