MILLGATE ARTS CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1119394 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Manage the Millgate Arts Centre in Delph, Oldham. Foster the Centre as a cultural, social and educational amenity for all people in Saddleworth and as a community hub for Delph.

Objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR TO:3.1.1 PRESENT PLAYS OF HIGH QUALITY AND IN A VARIETY OF PERIODS AND STYLES.3.1.2 TO MANAGE THE MILLGATE ARTS CENTRE, DELPH AS A CULTURAL AND SOCIAL AMENITY FOR SADDLEWORTH.3.1.3 TO PROMOTE AN INTEREST IN DRAMA BY ANY APPROPRIATE MEANS.

Area of benefit: DELPH

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a trading income of £154,662 against operating costs of £129,852, resulting in a surplus of £8,130 for the year. Per the treasurer's report, unrestricted reserves stood at £154,653 at the end of June 2025, though this is expected to reduce to around £40,000 following the completion of structural repair works. The directors maintain a policy on financial risks and reserves, noting that commercial income covers annual outgoings.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW CHARLES MANN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Adrian Barass
• Graham Smith
• Ian Shepherd
• Martin Paul Roche
• Mirriam Lawton · trustee of 2 other charities
• PHILLIDA ANN SHIPP
• Peter Barham MBE
• Roger Hinchliffe
• Sandy Patricia Hawkins OBE
• Verity Jane mann
• david PLOWRIGHT

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Lancashire · Oldham

Income and spending

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• NEWCASTLE ARTS CENTRE TRUST LTD income £175k
• THE OLD MEETING HOUSE TRUST income £2.2m
• HORSEBRIDGE ARTS AND COMMUNITY CENTRE income £233k
• UCHELDRE CENTRE income £3.0m
• The Montgomery Theatre and Arts Centre Limited income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

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