MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL

Charity number: 1121276
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Production of annual Literature Festival and associated year round activities in district of Manchester.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £269,312
Total expenditure: £248,514

Total income includes £134,572 from 3 government grant(s)

People

12 Trustee(s)

87 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Manchester City

Governance

Registration history:
  • 18 October 2007: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
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Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

12 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM JEFFRIES Trustee 19 February 2024
STOCKPORT PLAZA TRUST LIMITED
Received: On time
Benjamin James Ward Trustee 15 May 2023
OXFORD UNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION
Received: On time
Erinn Kelly Roocroft Trustee 15 May 2023
None on record
Gwen Louise Oakden Trustee 15 May 2023
None on record
Jo SOMERSET Trustee 19 July 2021
None on record
REBECCA LOUISE Parkinson Trustee 19 July 2021
None on record
Dr Andrew Peter Westle Trustee 18 January 2021
None on record
Bonnie Julia Turnbull Trustee 18 January 2021
None on record
Anna-Maria Nugnes Trustee 18 January 2021
None on record
Thomas Karl Glover Jackson Trustee 09 December 2019
None on record
Peter Malcolm Mearns Trustee 09 December 2019
THE BLUECOAT
Received: On time
SHAKESPEARE NORTH TRUST
Received: On time
Afshan Tania D'souza-Lodhi Trustee 18 June 2018
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £240.55k £221.45k £226.13k £239.29k £269.31k
Total expenditure £278.24k £167.29k £226.40k £226.78k £248.51k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £12.50k £52.50k £52.50k £130.57k £134.57k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 11 December 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 11 December 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 14 May 2024 104 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 14 May 2024 104 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 18 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 18 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 16 December 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 16 December 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 16 December 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 16 December 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 12 DECEMBER 2005

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE ARTS AND, IN PARTICULAR, LITERATURE IN SOCIETY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE NORTH WEST AREA OF ENGLAND (BY WHICH EXPRESSION IS MEANT THE COUNTIES OF CHESHIRE, LANCASHIRE, MERSEYSIDE, GREATER MANCHESTER AND THE HIGH PEAK DISTRICT OF DERBYSHIRE) AND ELSEWHERE BY DEVELOPING PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF LITERATURE AND BY PROVIDING PUBLIC ACCESS TO AND THE QUALITY OF LITERATURE AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY:- A) HOLDING LITERATURE FESTIVALS AND EVENTS AND, IN PARTICULAR, A "MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL" ANNUALLY; B) HOLDING OTHER LITERATURE EVENTS AND EVENTS THAT COMBINE LITERATURE WITH OTHER ART FORMS EITHER ANNUALLY OR AT ANY OTHER TIME; C) INVITING, COMMISSIONING AND MAINTAINING SERVICES OF WRITERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WHETHER SUCH SERVICES REQUIRE THE PAYMENT OF FEES BY THE COMPANY OR OTHERWISE; D) ENCOURAGING AND ASSISTING IN PROMOTING AND ADVANCING WRITERS FROM THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND. E) PUBLISHING LITERATURE AND RECORDINGS OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER PROVIDING THAT IN SO DOING SUCH PUBLICATIONS COMPLY WITH ALL RELEVANT LAWS; F) DISSEMINATING INFORMATION, LITERATURE AND RECORDINGS RELATING TO ANY FESTIVALS HELD BY THE COMPANY OR IN WHICH THE COMPANY PARTICIPATES OR IS INVOLVED.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, GREATER MANCHESTER

Contact information

Address:
MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL
THE DEPARTMENT STORE
5 OAK STREET
MANCHESTER
M4 5JD
Phone:
01618325502
Email:
office@manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
Website:

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