THE MANCHESTER YOUNG PEOPLE'S THEATRE LIMITED
Registered charity 501953 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CONTACT, CONTACT THEATRE, T/A CONTACT THEATRE COMPANY
Contact is a dynamic arts organisation and charity based in Manchester with young people at its heart. We work locally, nationally, and internationally to provide life changing opportunities for the next generation of creative leaders, artists, and audiences, redefining theatre for the 21st Century and presenting and producing a diverse artistic program in our building and beyond.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £47,752 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £7,253,148 to £6,737,573. The document does not explicitly state the charity's reserves policy or whether a material uncertainty exists regarding its going concern status.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Corporate structure
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
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.
- ANDERSON, Ben — director, appointed 12/06/2024on trustee list
- DE GROOT, Jerome Edward Gerard, Professor — director, appointed 22/03/2023not on trustee list
- FATAYO, Oluwapelumi — director, appointed 22/03/2023on trustee list
- OPE, Faidat — director, appointed 03/03/2021on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £75k. 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)
Cost of raising funds
£79k
Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (86% 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: 4.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bolton · Bury · Manchester City · Oldham · Rochdale · Salford City · Stockport · Tameside · Trafford · Wigan
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE MANCHESTER YOUNG PEOPLE'S THEATRE LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £47,752 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £7,253,148 to £6,737,573. The document does not explicitly state the charity's reserves policy or whether a material uncertainty exists regarding its going concern status.
Who funds THE MANCHESTER YOUNG PEOPLE'S THEATRE LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE MANCHESTER YOUNG PEOPLE'S THEATRE LIMITED as a grant recipient include YOUNG MANCHESTER.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
Funders of similar charities
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Side by side with its peers
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