MANCHESTER CAMERATA LIMITED

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

PM+M Solutions for Business LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group or the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. MANCHESTER CAMERATA LIMITED · parent
   1. Music in Mind Remote Limited 0.8% · trading subsidiary

Significant events

• “Our pioneering Camerata 360° Ruth Sutton Fellowship programme won an Association of British Orchestras Award.”
• “Orchestra's Music in Mind programme has reached thousands of people living with dementia and their carers'.”
• “New Centre of Excellence for Music and Dementia, which is building a powerful evidence base.”
• “Stephen Dauncey's leadership as Chair over the past seven years helped to shape the vision.”
• “In January 2025, Nic Hailey CMG succeeded Stephen Dauncey as Chair of the Board of Trustees.”
• “Launch of The Monastery Series, strengthening the connection between our organisation and our local community.”
• “Completed the cycle of Mozart, Made in Manchester Piano Concertos with Jean-Efflam Bavouzet-supported by Classic FM, 5-star reviews from Gramophone, BBC Music Mag, The Telegraph and streamed over 3 million times on Spotify.”
• “National Acclaim - Disruptors concert achieved 5 stars in The Observer for our 'incisive empathy' listed as best classical concerts of the year and Songs of the Bulbul awarded 'Best show of the Edinburgh Festival'.”
• “An immersive experience, Space: The Sound of the Stars' blending live performance, storytelling, tuned wine glasses, and large-scale projected visuals to two sold-out audiences.”
• “Internationally, Camerata performed two sold-out live Top Gun in-concert screenings in Bahrain, showcasing the orchestra's global appeal and versatility across genres.”
• “In January, Camerata was proud to receive an Association of British Orchestras Award for its pioneering Camerata 360° Ruth Sutton Fellowship programme.”
• “Were broadcast to over 300 million people internationally whilst performing at the MTV EMA's with Pet Shop Boys for their Pop Pioneers award.”
• “Recording of Vivaldi's Four Seasons for the Platoon label, achieving over 1 million streams on Apple Music in just over a month.”
• “The UK's first Centre of Excellence for Music and Dementia marks a significant achievement and major step forward in our mission.”
• “Camerata has continued to expand its children and young people's programmes.”
• “The launch of our first "Support Your Local Orchestra" beer, created in collaboration with Manchester craft brewers Cloudwater. Stocked in more than 200 pubs, bars, and shops nationwide, raising both profile and donations.”
• “September brought further expansion into merchandise - bespoke baseball caps worn proudly by Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Gábor Takács-Nagy, and the orchestra on stage at a sold-out Stoller Hall concert.”
• “In October, we launched our boldest audience campaign to date. Our "£10 Under 30s" poster and digital series flooded Greater Manchester with striking visuals and contemporary slogans such as "Centuries of Clout," "Hits Different," and "Orchestra and Chill." - leading to a 70% uptake in these tickets.”
• “The same month, became Classic FM's only partner organisation in Greater Manchester - a major milestone that cemented our reputation for both excellence and accessibility.”
• “Our digital channels saw their strongest ever performance, with 2.75 million online engagements and 126,500 live audience members reached in person. Among the highlights was a Facebook reel that went viral, amassing nearly one million views, a testament to the creativity and authenticity of our storytelling.”
• “In January, Camerata received an Association of British Orchestras Award for our Camerata 360° Ruth Sutton Fellowship programme.”
• “In May, our team turned motivation into messaging, creating the playful Just Play It Nike bootleg T-shirt - a nod to our genre-defying spirit and a celebration of the orchestra's breadth of collaborations.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

8

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -27.1%

  £800,604 → £583,848

• Cash

  +1.6%

  £661,466 → £672,355

• Net assets

  -29.7%

  £782,388 → £550,304

• Employees

  +27.3%

  11 → 14

• Wages

  +50.9%

  £346,462 → £522,906

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