The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Manchester Young People's Theatre Limited

Registered charity 501953 Registered since 1972

Operates: Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan

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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.

4 trustees on the board

3.2y median 3y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (2)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 4Economic/community Development/employment 4Recreation 3Education/training 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 3

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£1.6m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.8 in 2021

23 from 30 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
Yes
Defined-benefit pension schemeiDefined-benefit pension schemeThe defined_benefit_pension_scheme flag on the latest Part B annual return is 1 (true). A register flag, shown as filed.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttp://www.contactmcr.com
Emailinfo@contactmcr.com
Phone01612740600
AddressCONTACT THEATRE, DEVAS STREET, MANCHESTER, M15 6JA

Finances

£1,609,189 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,716,949£1,847,113
2022£1,982,766£2,487,671
2023£1,663,475£2,636,693
2024£1,608,480£2,124,055
2025£1,609,189£1,669,016

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/scienceEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Other FinanceProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

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.?

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18/08/1972AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/09/1976AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/11/1979AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/12/1982AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/02/1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/10/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/12/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/09/2013 as amended on 21 Mar 2021 as amended on 15 Apr 2021

Trustees (4)

4trustees
26median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Manchester Young People's Theatre Limited (the) · 01066757 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 18/08/1972

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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