MANCHESTER YOUNG PEOPLE'S THEATRE LIMITED (THE)
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-03 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£194K
+126.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
-0.7% vs 2024
Employees
23
-20.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£60K
+88.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £175,005 | £115,232 | |
| Operating profit | -£487,372 | -£34,866 | |
| Profit before tax | -£515,575 | -£59,827 | |
| Net profit | -£515,575 | -£47,752 | |
| Cash | £85,631 | £194,330 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,851,127 | £6,781,048 | |
| Net assets | £6,737,573 | £6,689,821 | |
| Equity | £6,737,573 | £6,689,821 | |
| Average employees | 29 | 23 | |
| Wages | £973,060 | £720,655 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -278.5% | -30.3% | |
| Net margin | -294.6% | -41.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -7.1% | -0.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.4% | 3.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.74x | 2.16x | |
| Interest cover | -18.13x | -1.38x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ascendis Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees recognise the current financial position of Contact and, having assessed the new financial and commercial strategies including the cash position and the mitigation steps (including the renewal of the current overdraft facility as a buffer), are therefore satisfied that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- MANCHESTER YOUNG PEOPLE'S THEATRE LIMITED (THE) · parent
- Contact Events Limited 100%
Significant events
- “It has been a year of consolidation and rebuilding for Contact set against a continuing difficult time for UK Arts.”
- “In February we announced the appointment of Jack Dale-Dowd as CEO, who has to this point been leading Contact out of a difficult few years as Interim Executive Director.”
- “The Agency was in its fourth year of an original five-year funding agreement ending in June 2025, but this has been extended to 1 July 2026.”
- “CYC produced Third Space, a performance created by a neurodivergent cast of young people, working with a neurodivergent director and young technicians.”
- “In September 2023, we established a very fruitful partnership with Nordoff and Robbins, the music therapy charity, to place a music therapist in residence within Contact...”
- “The subsidiary ceased trading on 30 September 2024 and is now dormant.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 95 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Ben | Director | 2024-06-12 | Nov 1993 | British |
| DE GROOT, Jerome Edward Gerard, Professor | Director | 2023-03-22 | Jun 1975 | British |
| FATAYO, Oluwapelumi | Director | 2023-03-22 | Feb 2000 | British |
| OPE, Faidat | Director | 2021-03-03 | Apr 2000 | British |
| SWIDERSKA, Patrycja | Director | 2024-06-12 | Sep 1993 | Polish |
Show 95 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARLOW, Gavin John | Secretary | 2001-06-04 | 2003-06-16 |
| BUCKLEY, Michael Alfred | Secretary | 1994-04-01 | 1998-04-22 |
| DAWSON, Jane Ann | Secretary | 1998-04-22 | 1998-08-10 |
| FENTON, Matthew Edward | Secretary | 2021-05-31 | 2022-03-02 |
| FOSTER, Yvonne Daun | Secretary | 2007-06-08 | 2009-12-10 |
| HUTCHINSON, Jonathan | Secretary | — | 1994-03-31 |
| JONES, Helen Margaret | Secretary | 1998-08-10 | 2001-06-04 |
| JONES, Susan | Secretary | 2009-12-10 | 2015-03-31 |
| MOON, Steven David | Secretary | 2022-03-02 | 2023-06-30 |
| MORGAN, Jonathan David | Secretary | 2003-06-20 | 2007-06-08 |
| YATES, Victoria Kathryn | Secretary | 2015-03-31 | 2021-05-30 |
| ABDULLATIF, Amna Saad Omar | Director | 2021-03-03 | 2021-12-14 |
| AKINOLA, Junior | Director | 2020-11-03 | 2023-08-16 |
| ALI, Sameem | Director | 2017-12-05 | 2018-08-01 |
| ASHWORTH, Brian | Director | 1993-03-08 | 1995-12-31 |
| AUSTIN-BEHAN, Carl Jason | Director | 2018-05-08 | 2020-09-03 |
| BALL, Michael John | Director | 2007-09-25 | 2015-12-08 |
| BATTLE, Rosa May, Cllr | Director | 2010-06-09 | 2012-06-13 |
| BAYNES, Priscilla Louise | Director | 2001-12-13 | 2007-12-06 |
| BEGGS, Joanne Laura | Director | 2014-08-13 | 2020-12-01 |
| BRADBURY, Margaret Anne | Director | 2016-12-06 | 2019-02-07 |
| BRADLEY, Jan | Director | 2001-12-13 | 2005-06-30 |
| CHAMBERLAIN, Andrew | Director | 2017-05-03 | 2018-08-01 |
| CHEUNG, Jo Yee, Dr | Director | 2023-03-22 | 2024-12-26 |
| CLARKE, William | Director | 2002-08-16 | 2004-06-22 |
| CREMIN, Christie | Director | 2022-03-02 | 2023-11-15 |
| DEE, Christopher John | Director | 2001-12-14 | 2004-06-22 |
| DORNEY, Kate, Dr | Director | 2017-03-07 | 2023-03-22 |
| DURRELL, Martin, Professor | Director | 1997-08-12 | 2003-12-11 |
| DUSGATE, Lucy Rachel | Director | 2014-09-10 | 2019-11-07 |
| DYER, John Lionel | Director | 2005-06-08 | 2007-12-06 |
| EMSLEY, Janet Ann, Councillor | Director | 2014-12-16 | 2021-03-03 |
| EVANS, Glynn, Councillor | Director | 2000-12-14 | 2003-06-20 |
| FALTERMEYER, Timothy Simon | Director | 1996-10-30 | 1999-12-15 |
| FELL, Eric Peter | Director | 2011-09-22 | 2017-06-07 |
| FLANNERY, Peter | Director | — | 1994-04-28 |
| FLOWERS, Paul John, Rev | Director | — | 1997-12-03 |
| FLYNN, Grainne Mary | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2024-09-11 |
| GASKELL, Anthony | Director | 2000-12-14 | 2002-03-31 |
| GASPER, Fiona Sally Garfield | Director | 2008-12-11 | 2012-06-26 |
| GIBB, Gemma | Director | 2016-12-06 | 2021-12-14 |
| GLYNN, Christopher Gerald | Director | — | 1999-12-15 |
| GORDON, Christopher, Dr | Director | 2008-12-11 | 2010-08-24 |
| GOULD, Ruth Vivienne | Director | 2011-09-29 | 2014-12-02 |
| GRAY, Patricia | Director | 2005-01-26 | 2010-12-06 |
| GWILT, Ayesha Dawn | Director | 2009-09-23 | 2011-03-21 |
| HACKETT, Mark, Councillor | Director | 1993-06-02 | 2003-08-05 |
| HAMMOND, Gerald, Professor | Director | 2000-12-14 | 2002-12-12 |
| HARRIS, Melanie Jane, Ms. | Director | 1995-04-20 | 2000-12-14 |
| HENDRY, Jasmine Susan Angela Veronica | Director | 2003-06-19 | 2006-09-18 |
| HINDS, Melissa | Director | 2009-06-10 | 2010-06-09 |
| HOLT, Michael | Director | 2002-12-14 | 2003-12-11 |
| HUGHES, Jenny Susan, Dr | Director | 2010-06-09 | 2012-06-27 |
| HUMPHREYS, Ann-Marie, Councillor | Director | 2012-09-20 | 2018-06-05 |
| IKPASAJA, Bella | Director | 2023-11-15 | 2025-09-18 |
| ILYAS, Ali Raza | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2020-06-03 |
| ISLAM, Afreena Azaria | Director | 2014-09-10 | 2020-08-06 |
| JOHNSON, Owen Patrick | Director | 2017-03-07 | 2020-12-01 |
| JONES, Katheine Elizabeth | Director | 2010-11-29 | 2017-12-05 |
| KEEGAN, Con, Councillor | Director | 2003-08-05 | 2010-06-09 |
| LAUDER, Charles Worrell | Director | 2007-12-06 | 2016-06-01 |
| LAUDER, Charles Worrell | Director | 1997-12-03 | 2004-12-08 |
| LINDSAY, Steven James | Director | 2014-08-13 | 2021-03-03 |
| LONGMORE, Wyllie Murchson | Director | — | 2007-12-06 |
| LYNDON, Deborah Ann | Director | 1998-06-18 | 2001-04-01 |
| MAHMUD, Talat | Director | 2000-06-29 | 2002-12-12 |
| MANCO, Oliver, Cllr | Director | 2017-01-26 | 2017-12-05 |
| MATTHIE, Wallen Anthony | Director | 1997-12-03 | 2004-12-08 |
| MAYNE, Peter Ivan Wanless | Director | — | 1995-10-31 |
| MCCOMBE, Stewart Henry | Director | 2010-11-29 | 2016-12-06 |
| MORRIS, John Hewald | Director | — | 1993-04-22 |
| MORRISON, Peter Macmaster | Director | — | 1993-08-17 |
| MOSS, James Philip | Director | 2001-12-13 | 2007-12-06 |
| NORTH, Geoffrey | Director | 1994-04-01 | 2000-12-14 |
| OATES, Claudine | Director | 2006-09-28 | 2008-12-11 |
| OLANIRAN, Theresa | Director | 2023-03-22 | 2025-04-24 |
| OLUBAYO, Paul | Director | 2022-03-02 | 2025-03-12 |
| OMELTSCHENKO, Jenna | Director | 2008-12-11 | 2014-12-02 |
| PARRY, Simon Easby, Dr | Director | 2011-09-22 | 2017-12-05 |
| RADCLIFFE, Ernest Philip | Director | 1997-09-24 | 2000-04-26 |
| RAHMAN, Luthfur | Director | 2013-03-12 | 2013-05-20 |
| RAHMAN, Sazzadur | Director | 2006-03-30 | 2009-12-10 |
| RAI, Sutinder | Director | 2006-07-04 | 2011-04-06 |
| RATHBONE, Dorothy Anne | Director | 1993-08-17 | 1999-05-05 |
| RAVJI-SMITH, Shehnaaz Sheni | Director | 2013-06-20 | 2014-08-21 |
| RAYNOR, Howard Kingsley | Director | 2007-06-12 | 2011-02-03 |
| REEVES, Simon John | Director | 2003-09-10 | 2009-03-17 |
| REEVES, Suzannah Mary | Director | 2013-05-20 | 2016-12-06 |
| REYNOLDS, Deirdre Aine, Professor | Director | 2003-12-11 | 2010-12-06 |
| RICHARDS, Kenneth Roland, Professor | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| RICHARDSON, David Anthony | Director | 1997-08-12 | 2000-12-14 |
| RILEY, Luna Anastacia Natasha | Director | — | 1999-12-15 |
| ROBSON, Glenna | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| ROWE, Geoffrey | Director | — | 1992-06-01 |
| ROWE, Joanne | Director | 1999-02-23 | 2006-06-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 329 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-34.2%
£175,005 £115,232
-
Cash
+126.9%
£85,631 £194,330
-
Net assets
-0.7%
£6,737,573 £6,689,821
-
Employees
-20.7%
29 23
-
Operating profit
+92.8%
-£487,372 -£34,866
-
Profit before tax
+88.4%
-£515,575 -£59,827
-
Wages
-25.9%
£973,060 £720,655
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers