BURY METROPOLITAN ARTS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 701879 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MET

Theatre and Arts Centre giving the opportunity to participate and enjoy performance through delivery of professional programmes and workshops

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus on unrestricted funds of £69,610 and held free reserves of £259,797, which is just below the trustees' policy target of £263,000. The trustees report a reasonable expectation that the charity is a going concern with sufficient cash resources to meet liabilities for at least 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HGA Accountants & Financial Consultants Ltd t/a Chittenden Horley. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Arts Council England — “Our Funders Arts Council England” (source page)
• Bury Council — “Our Funders Arts Council England Bury Council” (source page)
• Awards For All — “Capital project supporters Awards For All” (source page)
• Bury Relief in Sickness — “Capital project supporters Awards For All Bury Relief in Sickness” (source page)
• The Hobson Charity — “Capital project supporters Awards For All Bury Relief in Sickness The Hobson Charity” (source page)
• John S Cohen Foundation — “Capital project supporters Awards For All Bury Relief in Sickness The Hobson Charity John S Cohen Foundation” (source page)
• BRIS — “Capital project supporters Awards For All Bury Relief in Sickness The Hobson Charity John S Cohen Foundation BRIS” (source page)

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.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (50% 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: 1.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lynsay Karen Robinsonchair
• Dr Peter Deakin
• Ellie Jessica Riley
• Finn Alexander Muir-Cochrane
• Fiona Margaret Norbury
• JENNIFER ANN BYRNE
• Mx Eloise Alice Lomax
• Pamela Ann Johnson
• Pritesh Patel
• Reyan Murtadha
• Sairah Musarat Rehman
• Victoria Robinson

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

Operates in: Bury

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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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 PEOPLE'S THEATRE ARTS GROUP LIMITED.

• PEOPLE'S THEATRE ARTS GROUP LIMITED income £345k
• MALVERN THEATRES TRUST LIMITED income £7.1m
• LEEDS THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £9.7m
• The Montgomery Theatre and Arts Centre Limited income £1.9m
• ROSES THEATRE TRUST income £1.9m
• PETHERTON ARTS TRUST LIMITED income £153k

Side by side with its peers

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