MITCHELL MEMORIAL YOUTH ARTS CENTRE LTD

Registered charity 1138139 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Development & access to high-quality cultural & community facilities and provision. Development of opportunities for lifelong learning, in particular for disadvantaged young people. The development of sustainable opportunities for encouraging investment in young people. Attract new audiences & overcome the barriers that exclude people from artistic & cultural activity.

Objects

1.1 THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION FOR ALL, WITH A PREFERENCE TO YOUNG PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS OF AGE, BY MEANS OF ARTISTIC PRODUCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES.1.2 THE PROMOTION OF ARTISTIC EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, WITH A PREFERENCE TO YOUNG PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS OF AGE, BY MEANS OF CONCERTS, RECITALS, DRAMA PRODUCTIONS, FILM AND OTHER ARTISTIC MEDIA, EXHIBITIONS AND FESTIVALS1.3 THE MAINTENANCE, DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTIONS OF THE MITCHELL MEMORIAL YOUTH THEATRE AS A PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE FOR ALL PEOPLE, WITH A PREFERENCE TO YOUNG PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS OF AGE.1.4 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS, WITH A PREFERENCE TO YOUNG PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS OF AGE, WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASONS OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE STONE-ON-TRENT CITY

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted funds of £328,837 as of 31 March 2025, with total net assets of £3,048,156. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with the examiner reporting no matters requiring attention for a proper understanding of the accounts.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The National Lottery Heritage Fund — “Gaze supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (76% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 8.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• SIR BRIAN EDWARD FREDERICK FENDERchair
• Anthony Munday
• CLAIRE LOUISE GARNER
• Edward Francis Slade
• Michael Norman Lloyd
• PAUL NIBLETT
• ROSS MITCHELL

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

Operates in: Stoke-on-trent City

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).