Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 7

No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 5

MANCHESTER CITY OF LITERATURE

Our vision is to create an innovative, distinctive, equitable, globally connected city of reading and writing. We want Manchester to be a city where diverse voices are celebrated, creative talent is nurtured and where literary activity changes lives. We do this by uniting the collective strength and voice of writers and all those involved in literary activities across Manchester.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit
31/03/23	*	£280,365	£270,776	£9,589
31/03/22		£250,319	£269,420	£-19,101
31/03/21		£160,469	£140,553	£19,916

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

www.manchestercityofliterature.com

ivan.wadeson@manchester.gov.uk

01619538367

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

France, Manchester City,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

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	£94,920
The Foyle Foundation	£12,500
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£9,900

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£12,500	07/02/2023	towards the Sound It Out: Community Podcasting project
DCMS - Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants
£94,920	23/02/2022	National Lottery Project Grants is our open access programme for arts, libraries and museums projects. The fund supports thousands of individual artists, community and cultural organisations.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Manchester City of Literature
£9,900	25/05/2021	Heritage Stories for Care and Recovery

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 35-51

HAFSAH ANEELA BASHIR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Writer

KARLINE SMITH Appointed: 2021

CHANDAN SHERGILL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Coordinator

JOHN MCAULIFFE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Lecturer

KATIE POPPERWELL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Producer

MIKE MURPHY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Producer

ZAHID HUSSAIN (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Writer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/05/2020, number: 1189456
Registered at Companies House on 17/05/2019, number: 12002661

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

3 returns made; AR23: 29 days late,

Main office

Spaces
125 Deansgate
MANCHESTER
M3 2BY

Objectives

THE CHARITY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCOVER, ACCESS, ENGAGE IN, LEARN ABOUT, UNDERSTAND AND ENJOY LITERATURE, WRITING, CREATIVITY, CULTURE AND HERITAGE; AND(2) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES THAT BENEFIT THE PUBLIC CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECT ABOVE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE.

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