Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 8
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL 

Production of annual Literature Festival and associated year round activities in district of Manchester.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
Established: 16 years
(22 years as a company)

www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk

office@manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk

01618325502

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
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£226£226£0n/an/an/an/an/a51
31/03/21£221£167£54n/an/an/an/an/a22
31/03/20£241£278£-38n/an/an/an/an/a96
31/03/19£231£248£-17n/an/an/an/an/a96
31/03/18£212£211£2£0£0£0n/a084
31/03/17£255£240£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£226£213£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£197£190£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£199£180£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£161£147£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£121£122£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£105£110£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£91£90£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£93£97£-4£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Who works here?
  • 51 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Manchester City,

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - First 1000 Days
£9,320 12/05/2023
The funding will be used to deliver creative writing and storytelling sessions for families who have babies under the age of two. This project aims support beneficiaries with their confidence reduce ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Enabling Access Increasing Participation Changing Lives
£9,837 03/09/2021
The funding will be used to create digital performances for people with disabilities hearing loss or shielding. The project aims to ensure vulnerable people unable to attend live events can watch ....more
DCMS - National Portfolio Organisations 2018-22
£78,072 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 - MLF Culture Recovery
£54,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Creatives
£8,778 23/05/2019
12
The organisation will engage young people from hard to reach inner city communities through performance art and poetry workshops, with the aim of increasing the confidence and skills of participants.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 29-73
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/10/2007, number: 1121276
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/02/2002, number: 04369668
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; all on time
Main office

MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL
THE DEPARTMENT STORE
5 OAK STREET
MANCHESTER
M4 5JD

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE ARTS AND, IN PARTICULAR, LITERATURE IN SOCIETY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE NORTH WEST AREA OF ENGLAND (BY WHICH EXPRESSION IS MEANT THE COUNTIES OF CHESHIRE, LANCASHIRE, MERSEYSIDE, GREATER MANCHESTER AND THE HIGH PEAK DISTRICT OF DERBYSHIRE) AND ELSEWHERE BY DEVELOPING PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF LITERATURE AND BY PROVIDING PUBLIC ACCESS TO AND THE QUALITY OF LITERATURE AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY:-A) HOLDING LITERATURE FESTIVALS AND EVENTS AND, IN PARTICULAR, A MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL ANNUALLY;B) HOLDING OTHER LITERATURE EVENTS AND EVENTS THAT COMBINE LITERATURE WITH OTHER ART FORMS EITHER ANNUALLY OR AT ANY OTHER TIME;C) INVITING, COMMISSIONING AND MAINTAINING SERVICES OF WRITERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WHETHER SUCH SERVICES REQUIRE THE PAYMENT OF FEES BY THE COMPANY OR OTHERWISE;D) ENCOURAGING AND ASSISTING IN PROMOTING AND ADVANCING WRITERS FROM THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND.E) PUBLISHING LITERATURE AND RECORDINGS OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER PROVIDING THAT IN SO DOING SUCH PUBLICATIONS COMPLY WITH ALL RELEVANT LAWS;F) DISSEMINATING INFORMATION, LITERATURE AND RECORDINGS RELATING TO ANY FESTIVALS HELD BY THE COMPANY OR IN WHICH THE COMPANY PARTICIPATES OR IS INVOLVED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, GREATER MANCHESTER

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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