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Greater Manchester Arts Centre Limited

Operation of arts facilities

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 80

  1. Garry Bridges 2024-2026 Director View profile
  2. Sita Mcintosh 2021-2023 Director View profile
  3. Dr Ruth Bromley 2021-2024 Director View profile
  4. Luthfur Rahman 2021-2024 Director View profile
  5. Joanne Bloxham 2019-2024 Director View profile
  6. Rajendra Ruia 2019-2023 Director View profile
  7. Natalie Mona Ibu 2019-2023 Director View profile
  8. Victoria Pinnington 2019-2025 Director View profile
  9. Nihal Senaka Arthanayake 2017-2022 Director View profile
  10. Stone, Bernard Eric, Cllr 2016-2021 Director View profile
  11. Josephine Oniyama 2016-2019 Director View profile
  12. Maria Bota 2015-2019 Director View profile
  13. Jonathan Sidney Claypole-Smith 2015-2021 Director View profile
  14. Alison Sonja Ross 2015-2018 Director View profile
  15. Christopher Graham Jeffries 2015-2024 Director View profile
  16. Carol Ann Culley 2014-2017 Director View profile
  17. Rosa May Battle 2014-2016 Director View profile
  18. Susan Webster 2012-2018 Director View profile
  19. Wyllie Murchson Longmore 2012-2014 Director View profile
  20. Alice Elizabeth Webb 2012-2016 Director View profile
  21. Kaya Davies Hayon 2012-2014 Director View profile
  22. Professor Pavel Buchler 2012-2018 Director View profile
  23. Stephen Terence Sorrell 2012-2021 Director View profile
  24. James William Forrester 2012-2015 Director View profile
  25. Amesbury, Michael Lee, Councillor 2011-2014 Director View profile
  26. William Alistair Cox 2009-2016 Director View profile
  27. Penny Early 2008-2015 Director View profile
  28. Catherine Ellen Braithwaite 2008-2018 Director View profile
  29. Dr Andrew Thomas Joseph Willis 2007-2015 Director View profile
  30. Eric Peter Fell 2006-2017 Director View profile
  31. Professor Erik Kwaku Oware Knudsen 2002-2012 Director View profile
  32. Lindsay Jane Brooks 2002-2007 Director View profile
  33. Patrick Joseph Langan 2000-2006 Director View profile
  34. Simon Grennan 1999-2005 Director View profile
  35. Dr Adam Brown 1999-2012 Director View profile
  36. Andrew George Simcock 1999-2015 Director View profile
  37. Reginald James Chapman 1997-2015 Director View profile
  38. Anthony Paul Morris 1997-1999 Director View profile
  39. Thomas Karl Glover Jackson 1996-2021 Director View profile
  40. Helen Blodwen Rees 1996-2003 Director View profile
  41. Brendan Hynes 1996-1997 Director View profile
  42. Christopher Hilyer 1996-2002 Director View profile
  43. Heyes, Judith, Councillor 1996-1996 Director View profile
  44. John David Hampton 1995-2015 Director View profile
  45. Graham David Nicholson 1995-2007 Director View profile
  46. Philip Mark Shapiro 1995-2015 Director View profile
  47. Humphreys, Mary Willan, Councillor 1993-1998 Director View profile
  48. Gerard Donaldson 1993-2001 Director View profile
  49. Helen Ann Elizabeth Meixner 1993-1995 Director View profile
  50. Geraldine Morris 1992-1997 Director View profile
  51. Sita Veronica Williams 1992-1998 Director View profile
  52. William Edward John Uttridge 1992-1994 Director View profile
  53. David Howard Adams 1992-1995 Director View profile
  54. Richard Elliot Michael Lee 1992-1996 Director View profile
  55. Brian Harrison 1991-1993 Director View profile
  56. Wedell, Eberhard George, Proff 1992 Director View profile
  57. Michael Harrison 1995 Director View profile
  58. Catherine Martha Wills 2006 Director View profile
  59. Wilfred Verber 1997 Director View profile
  60. Professor Andrew Causey 1997 Director View profile
  61. Richard Ian Thomson 1995 Director View profile
  62. Right Hon Gerald Bernard Kaufman 2008 Director View profile
  63. Sir Robert David Hillyer Scott 1997 Director View profile
  64. David Roger Jones 1994 Director View profile
  65. Peter Macmaster Morrison 2012 Director View profile
  66. Hatton, Albert, Councillor 1993 Director View profile
  67. Leslie John Woodhead 1992 Director View profile
  68. Audrey J Lloyd-Kitchen 1992 Director View profile
  69. Sir Alan Bowness 1993 Director View profile
  70. Roberts, Peter Lewis, Councillor 1993 Director View profile
  71. Henry Filloux-Bennett 2022-2023 Secretary View profile
  72. David John Moutrey 2022-2024 Secretary View profile
  73. Jon Gilchrist 2018-2022 Secretary View profile
  74. George Benjamin Whalley 2017-2018 Secretary View profile
  75. Sheena Wrigley 2015-2017 Secretary View profile
  76. David John Moutrey 2000-2015 Secretary View profile
  77. Fiona Elizabeth Gorton 1997-2000 Secretary View profile
  78. Dr Virginia Ann Tandy 1995-1997 Secretary View profile
  79. Patricia Ann Raikes 1994-1995 Secretary View profile
  80. Dewi Tudur Wyn Lewis 1994 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Operation of arts facilities
Incorporated
25/11/1982
Registered office
Manchester
Also a registered charity
Greater Manchester Arts Centre Limited

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Greater Manchester Arts Centre Limited on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

1 other company in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Financials

Net assets
£2,893,195
Total assets
£660,042
Cash
£1,105,941
Employees
0
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

21 grants · £7,958,788 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £5,025,461 (9 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £2,648,774 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £141,563 (5 grants)
  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £100,000
  • The Clothworkers Foundation · £38,000

Most recent

  • The Clothworkers Foundation £38,0002025-02-11
  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation £100,0002025-01-27
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £6,0002023-05-31
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £15,0002023-01-31
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £1,321,3872022-10-20
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

8 directors on the board

2.3y median 1.7y
average tenure
4.7y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (5)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Professional services 4Other services 2Arts and leisure 1Business services 1Education 1Health and social care 1Property 1Retail and trade 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
01681278
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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