Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

THE MANCHESTER YOUNG PEOPLE'S THEATRE LIMITED

Contact is a dynamic arts organisation and charity based in Manchester with young people at its heart. We work locally, nationally, and internationally to provide life changing opportunities for the next generation of creative leaders, artists, and audiences, redefining theatre for the 21st Century and presenting and producing a diverse artistic program in our building and beyond.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23*£1,663£2,637£-973£205£7,253£1720.8340
31/03/22£1,983£2,488£-505£167£8,203£6953.4380
31/03/21£2,717£1,847£870£145£8,708£5893.8300
31/03/20£2,967£1,585£1,382£120£7,822£3983290
31/03/19£3,275£1,735£1,540£117£6,404£3312.33117
31/03/18£3,326£2,314£1,013£109£4,841£2251.2370
31/03/17£1,857£2,174£-317£42£3,784£2041.1380
31/03/16£2,026£1,964£62£49£4,055£1130.7410
31/03/15£1,793£1,810£-17£162£3,992£830.6410
31/03/14*£1,729£1,757£-28£283£4,025£1120.8410
31/03/13*£1,481£1,803£-322£310£4,053£1501420
31/03/12*£1,723£1,735£-12£222£4,375£1901.3380
31/03/11*£1,903£1,786£117£235£4,387£2972360
31/03/10£1,588£1,565£23£200£4,270£770.6350
31/03/09£1,682£1,811£-129£158£4,247£-23-0.2330
31/03/08*£1,577£1,786£-209£105£4,375£-41-0.3410
31/03/07*£1,479£1,585£-107£208£4,573£250.2390
31/03/06£1,400£1,438£-38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£1,382£1,516£-134n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£1,686£1,841£-154n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 14.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 24%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 2%
Reserves/Spending: 0.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.8
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 52 years

http://www.contactmcr.com

info@contactmcr.com

01612740600

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
Garfield Weston Foundation£178,090
The Coutts Foundation£175,000
Wolfson Foundation£49,500
Esmee Fairbairn£29,787
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Coutts Foundation - Contact Theatre Grant 2
£165,000 17/11/2023
36
An unrestricted grant to Contact Theatre. Contact uses creativity to empower young people, with a focus on reaching disadvantaged, under-served and excluded young people. At Contact, young people aged 13-30 genuinely lead, working alongside staff to ....more
The Coutts Foundation - Contact Theatre cost of living grant 2
£5,000 15/06/2023
4
An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to The Manchester Young People's Theatre Limited t/a Contact
£49,500 07/12/2022
Installing of LED lights at Contact Theatre
The Coutts Foundation - Contact Theatre cost of living grant
£5,000 17/11/2022
6
An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
Garfield Weston Foundation - WCF award - COVID19 response
£178,090 12/02/2021
Weston Culture Fund
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,883 06/10/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Contact
£29,787 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Youth Music - 24beats – Contact’s two year music development project
£99,996 10/05/2019
24beats – Contact’s two year music development project
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£100,000 16/01/2019
Making Contact
Manchester City Council - Grant to Contact Theatre Company
£7,500 01/04/2018
Cultural Partnership Agreement grant to fund and support cultural organisations that contribute to making Manchester a thriving, attractive and equitable city with high quality cultural experiences which all Manchester people can benefit from.
Manchester City Council - Grant to Contact Theatre Company
£7,500 17/03/2018
Cultural partnership agreements. The purpose of the funding is to support cultural organisations in Manchester City which are delivering against the City's priorities and meeting the themes of the Cultural Ambition
Manchester City Council - Grant to Contact Theatre Company
£9,200 17/03/2018
Cultural partnership Agreements. The purpose of the funding is to support cultural organisations in Manchester City which are delivering against the City's priorities and meeting the themes of the Cultural Ambition
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Manchester Young People’s Theatre Limited
£41,500 28/11/2017
She Bangs the Drums: Contact Young Company, People's History Museum, the Representation of People's Act
Youth Music - Making Contact; Music Project
£30,000 17/11/2017
Making Contact; Music Project
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch - The Manchester Young People's Theatre Limited
£41,875 08/11/2017
Peerless is the final Sharing the Stage project to be taken to production stage.It completes our collection of filmes to support our influencing work and alongside the PARTIS projects,builds the Foundations body of knowledge on the civicl/social ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Future Fires National Development
£10,000 28/11/2016
10
To work with an external consultant to explore the business development opportunities for the Future Fires programme.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Contact
£175,453 01/11/2016
36
Towards continuation of the youth community leadership programme 'Future Fires' and support for 'Contact Produces' to commission new work with a social mission.
Youth Music - Media Drop 2.0
£29,722 21/07/2016
Media Drop 2.0
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Contact Theatre
£25,000 08/06/2015
Making Contact
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Contact
£131,408 11/04/2013
Towards the Creative Experts and Future Fires programmes, which provide creative educational activities for disadvantaged young people.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Future Fires Next Generation
£50,000 04/02/2013
Supporting young socially engaged arts leaders to deliver projects in their communities through a new partnership delivery model, which extends activities to other parts of the country.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 24-55
  • BELLA IKPASAJA (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chairman
  • DR JO YEE CHEUNG Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • FAIDAT OPE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Student
  • GRAINNE FLYNN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Student
  • OLUWAPELUMI FATAYO Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Voice2vocie Worker
  • PAUL OLUBAYO Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director
  • PROFESSOR JEROME DE GROOT Appointed: 2023
  • THERESA OLANIRAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Freelance Governance & Operations Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/10/1972, number: 501953
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/08/1972, number: 01066757
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 57 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR08: 18 days late, AR07: 64 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

CONTACT THEATRE
DEVAS STREET
MANCHESTER
M15 6JA

Objectives

The promotion and advancement of arts and culture, for the public benefit, in particular through the production and presentation of a high quality programme to include the arts of drama, spoken word, comedy, dance and music.The promotion and advancement of cultural and creative education for young people by the provision of workshops, training courses and other learning opportunities.?

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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