Registered charity · Manchester
The Manchester Young People's Theatre Limited
The Manchester Young People's Theatre Limited is a registered charity (number 501953) based in Manchester, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £1.6m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Contact, Contact Theatre, T/A Contact Theatre Company (Charity Commission)
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...
- 4 trustees
- Income £1.6m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation
- Where
- Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham and more
- Website
- www.contactmcr.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Manchester Young People's Theatre Limited
- Registered
- 1972
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.6m£1.7m
- 2024£1.6m£2.1m
- 2023£1.7m£2.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.0m£2.5m
- 2021£2.7m£1.8m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 60%. From the charity's annual return.
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.?
Grants received
26 grants · £2,166,857 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 Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £943,180 (2 grants)
- The Coutts Foundation · £325,000 (4 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £278,090 (2 grants)
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £260,000 (3 grants)
- Youth Music · £175,662 (4 grants)
Most recent
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Ben Anderson since 2024
- Faidat Ope since 2021
- Oluwapelumi Fatayo since 2023
- Professor Jerome de Groot since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Faidat Ope since 2021
- Oluwapelumi Fatayo since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Ben Anderson since 2024
- Professor Jerome de Groot since 2023
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
0.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 501953
- Status
- Registered
- 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
- Companies House
- Company number 01066757 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01612740600 · info@contactmcr.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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