Registered charity · Manchester
Zion Arts Centre Limited
- 10 trustees
- Income £1.4m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Amy BarkataliTrustee · since 2022
- Elizabeth RansomeTrustee · since 2019
- Emma Clare KaneTrustee · since 2023
- Freya-Dana Victoria Bennett-NielsenTrustee · since 2021
- George CoobsTrustee · since 2024
- Jack PickettTrustee · since 2024
- Lee Michael GloverTrustee · since 2024
- Michael Benjamin GoulbournTrustee · since 2025
- Miselo KundaTrustee · since 2023
- Nazma NoorTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham and more
- Website
- www.z-arts.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Zion Arts Centre Limited
- Registered
- 2002
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.4m£1.5m
- 2024£1.6m£1.5m
- 2023£1.4m£1.5m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.2m£1.2m
- 2021£1.3m£1.0m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 51%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, DEVELOP AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ARTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF BUT NOT LIMITED TO, YOUNG PEOPLE, BY ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING A CENTRE OR CENTRES IN MANCHESTER, FOR THE PRESENTATION FOR THE PUBLIC OF MUSIC, OPERA, DANCE, DRAMA, THE VISUAL ARTS, FILMS, VIDEO, MULTIMEDIA, SOUND EXHIBITIONS OF ALL KINDS AS ARE CONDUCIVE TO THE PROMOTION, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN AND ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OR TO THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, WHETHER ON PREMISES OWNED OR LEASED BY THE COMPANY ELSEWHERE.
Grants received
23 grants · £1,785,391 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £803,706 (2 grants)
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £440,600 (4 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £158,650 (6 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £114,333
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £105,000 (4 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
10 trustees on the board
- Amy Barkatali since 2022
- Elizabeth Ransome since 2019
- Emma Clare Kane since 2023
- Freya-Dana Victoria Bennett-Nielsen since 2021
- George Coobs since 2024
- Jack Pickett since 2024
- Lee Michael Glover since 2024
- Michael Benjamin Goulbourn since 2025
- Miselo Kunda since 2023
- Nazma Noor since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Elizabeth Ransome since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Amy Barkatali since 2022
- Emma Clare Kane since 2023
- Freya-Dana Victoria Bennett-Nielsen since 2021
- George Coobs since 2024
- Lee Michael Glover since 2024
- Michael Benjamin Goulbourn since 2025
- Miselo Kunda since 2023
- Nazma Noor since 2021
Portfolio (2)
- Elizabeth Ransome since 2019
- Jack Pickett since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1093556
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2 NOVEMBER 2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 23 APRIL 2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 MAR 2016
- Companies House
- Company number 04101324 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01612261912 · info@z-arts.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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