MGCFUTURES LTD

Registered charity 1153534 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MGCFUTURES

The principal object of the charity is to promote, maintain, improve and advance the education and appreciation of the dramatic arts for the benefit of the public, in particular but not exclusively through the provision of participatory activities, training and access to the work of Michael Grandage and other leading arts providers.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF THE DRAMATIC ARTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PARTICIPATORY ACTIVITIES, TRAINING AND ACCESS TO THE WORK OF MICHAEL GRANDAGE AND OTHER LEADING ARTS PROVIDERS.

Area of benefit: THROUGHOUT LONDON

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£119k
Latest spending
£173k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £54,698 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £178,197 to £123,499. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to cover forecast overheads for six months, with unrestricted reserves of £121,329 held at the balance sheet date. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the financial statements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of forecast overheads (reserves figure: £121k)
“The Trustees’ reserves and funding policy is to try to ensure that funds are maintained at a level sufficient to cover the forecast overheads for the ensuing 6 months.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from Trustees
“Included within donations for the year were amounts totalling £7,941 (2024: £11,194) from Trustees of the Charity. There were no conditions placed on these donations.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — MGCfutures Ltd (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£119k£173k
31/08/2024£169k£160k
31/08/2023£76k£149k
31/08/2022£68k£123k
31/08/2021£352k£128k

Common questions

Is MGCFUTURES LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £54,698 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £178,197 to £123,499. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to cover forecast overheads for six months, with unrestricted reserves of £121,329 held at the balance sheet date. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the financial statements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MGCFUTURES LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MGCFUTURES LTD as a grant recipient include THE MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION, THE WILLIAMS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MACKINTOSH FOUNDATIONFY2023£15k
THE WILLIAMS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£4k
THE WILLIAMS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MAYFLOWER THEATRE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MGCFUTURES LTD£119k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MAYFLOWER THEATRE TRUST FY2025£28.8m£190,001 - £200,000—above—no doubt
MARGARET DAVIES CHARITY FY2025£275k—0above—no doubt
THE CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS FY2025£134k—0unclear—no doubt
LOST CAUSE FY2026£34k£8,4770unclear—no doubt
MAGHULL MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY FY2025£88k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.