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Registered charity (CIO) · Manchester

Ensemble Manchester

Ensemble Manchester is a registered charity (number 1165797) based in Manchester, governed by 7 trustees. Latest income £108k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £108k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Where
Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham and more
Website
www.ensemblemanchester.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£108k£57k
  • 2024£36k£38k
  • 2023£49k£47k
Earlier years
  • 2022£33k£32k
  • 2021£47k£74k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 25%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1)THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN ALL ASPECTS OF FRENCH AFRICAN CULTURE AND HERITAGE, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND CULTURAL EVENTS.2)TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE FRENCH AFRICAN COMMUNITY IN MANCHESTER BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.3)TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FRENCH AFRICAN COMMUNITY OF MANCHESTER IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT

Grants received

5 grants · £186,111 total

360Giving 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £147,834 (2 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £26,454
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,600
  • Forever Manchester · £2,223

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £117,9342025-02-12
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £26,4542020-10-05
  • Forever Manchester £2,2232020-07-10
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,6002019-12-17
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £29,9002018-02-27
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.

7 trustees on the board

1.9y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

2.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Economic/community Development/employment 7Education/training 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£108k latest income
64 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.
Qualified
Auditor's opinioniAuditor's opinionThe accounts_qualified flag on the latest filed annual return is True - the auditor qualified their opinion. A register flag, shown as filed.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1165797
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Association Registered 29 Feb 2016
Contact on the register
07447980526 · info@ensemblemanchester.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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