GREATER MANCHESTER ARTS CENTRE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-20 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+28% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
+24.7% vs 2024
Employees
82
-11.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£270K
+72.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GREATER MANCHESTER ARTS CENTRE LIMITED 1983-08-12 → present
- NORTHERNTRACK LIMITED 1982-11-25 → 1983-08-12
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 | £5,137,629 | £4,326,438 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £156,503 | £270,050 | |
| Net profit | £445,218 | £573,692 | |
| Cash | £1,299,552 | £1,663,340 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,326,743 | £2,900,435 | |
| Net assets | £2,326,743 | £2,900,435 | |
| Equity | £2,326,743 | £2,900,435 | |
| Average employees | 93 | 82 | |
| Wages | £3,323,806 | £2,903,286 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 8.7% | 13.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 34.8% | 23.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.52x | 3.58x |
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
- Hurst Accountants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- GREATER MANCHESTER ARTS CENTRE LIMITED · parent
- Greater Manchester Arts Services Limited 100%
- Cornerhouse Publications Limited 100%
- HOME Manchester Productions Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In December 2024, HOME produced its first Christmas production 'Miracle of 34th Street', welcoming over 7000 audience members.”
- “In January 2025, HOME opened HOME Arches, a new £4.5 million building under the railway arches, creating 3 unique spaces for artists.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 81 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RICHES, Caroline Isabella | Secretary | 2023-05-01 | — | — |
| BRADBURY, Sara Kate | Director | 2024-11-14 | Jul 1979 | British |
| BRIDGES, Garry | Director | 2024-06-10 | Dec 1986 | British |
| JACOB, Kathryn Margaret | Director | 2021-10-22 | Mar 1961 | British |
| MACKENZIE, Ross | Director | 2023-04-20 | Nov 1968 | British |
| MORGAN, Jonathan David | Director | 2024-11-14 | Mar 1962 | British |
| PRENDERGAST, Martin Denis | Director | 2023-09-01 | Jul 1970 | British |
| RASHID, Aziz Din | Director | 2024-11-14 | Sep 1966 | British |
| THOMPSON-SMITH, Darius Ryan | Director | 2025-07-31 | Aug 1992 | British |
| WILSON, Claire Louise | Director | 2024-10-31 | Apr 1975 | British |
Show 81 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FILLOUX-BENNETT, Henry | Secretary | 2022-05-10 | 2023-05-01 |
| GILCHRIST, Jon | Secretary | 2018-01-25 | 2022-04-08 |
| GORTON, Fiona Elizabeth | Secretary | 1997-12-01 | 2000-01-24 |
| LEWIS, Dewi Tudur Wyn | Secretary | — | 1994-03-28 |
| MOUTREY, David John | Secretary | 2022-04-08 | 2024-02-12 |
| MOUTREY, David John | Secretary | 2000-01-24 | 2015-11-01 |
| RAIKES, Patricia Ann | Secretary | 1994-03-28 | 1995-03-27 |
| TANDY, Virginia Ann, Dr | Secretary | 1995-03-27 | 1997-12-01 |
| WHALLEY, George Benjamin | Secretary | 2017-10-19 | 2018-01-25 |
| WRIGLEY, Sheena | Secretary | 2015-11-01 | 2017-10-19 |
| ADAMS, David Howard | Director | 1992-07-13 | 1995-10-30 |
| AMESBURY, Michael Lee, Councillor | Director | 2011-07-18 | 2014-03-31 |
| ARTHANAYAKE, Nihal Senaka | Director | 2017-10-19 | 2022-09-23 |
| BATTLE, Rosa May | Director | 2014-07-21 | 2016-07-27 |
| BLOXHAM, Joanne | Director | 2019-10-24 | 2024-10-31 |
| BOTA, Maria | Director | 2015-11-01 | 2019-10-24 |
| BOWNESS, Alan, Sir | Director | — | 1993-01-18 |
| BRAITHWAITE, Catherine Ellen | Director | 2008-07-21 | 2018-10-25 |
| BROMLEY, Ruth, Dr | Director | 2021-10-21 | 2024-10-31 |
| BROOKS, Lindsay Jane | Director | 2002-05-20 | 2007-07-16 |
| BROWN, Adam, Dr | Director | 1999-10-25 | 2012-03-31 |
| BUCHLER, Pavel, Professor | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2018-10-25 |
| CAUSEY, Andrew, Professor | Director | — | 1997-12-01 |
| CHAPMAN, Reginald James | Director | 1997-05-16 | 2015-10-31 |
| CLAYPOLE-SMITH, Jonathan Sidney | Director | 2015-11-01 | 2021-10-21 |
| COX, William Alistair | Director | 2009-10-26 | 2016-04-28 |
| CULLEY, Carol Ann | Director | 2014-07-21 | 2017-10-19 |
| DAVIES HAYON, Kaya | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2014-07-31 |
| DONALDSON, Gerard | Director | 1993-01-18 | 2001-06-26 |
| EARLY, Penny | Director | 2008-10-27 | 2015-10-31 |
| FELL, Eric Peter | Director | 2006-10-30 | 2017-04-27 |
| FORRESTER, James William | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2015-10-31 |
| GRENNAN, Simon | Director | 1999-10-25 | 2005-08-05 |
| HAMPTON, John David | Director | 1995-10-30 | 2015-10-31 |
| HARRISON, Brian | Director | 1991-02-20 | 1993-03-31 |
| HARRISON, Michael | Director | — | 1995-10-30 |
| HATTON, Albert, Councillor | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| HEYES, Judith, Councillor | Director | 1996-01-01 | 1996-04-01 |
| HILYER, Christopher | Director | 1996-07-15 | 2002-10-28 |
| HUMPHREYS, Mary Willan, Councillor | Director | 1993-03-01 | 1998-12-19 |
| HYNES, Brendan | Director | 1996-09-01 | 1997-01-01 |
| IBU, Natalie Mona | Director | 2019-10-24 | 2023-06-30 |
| JACKSON, Thomas Karl Glover | Director | 1996-11-04 | 2021-10-21 |
| JEFFRIES, Christopher Graham | Director | 2015-11-01 | 2024-10-31 |
| JONES, David Roger | Director | — | 1994-08-26 |
| KAUFMAN, Gerald Bernard, Right Hon | Director | — | 2008-04-04 |
| KNUDSEN, Erik Kwaku Oware, Professor | Director | 2002-05-20 | 2012-03-31 |
| LANGAN, Patrick Joseph | Director | 2000-10-23 | 2006-06-13 |
| LEE, Richard Elliot Michael | Director | 1992-07-13 | 1996-01-29 |
| LLOYD-KITCHEN, Audrey J | Director | — | 1992-05-18 |
| LONGMORE, Wyllie Murchson | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2014-10-09 |
| MCINTOSH, Sita | Director | 2021-10-22 | 2023-11-02 |
| MEIXNER, Helen Ann Elizabeth | Director | 1993-01-18 | 1995-10-30 |
| MORRIS, Anthony Paul | Director | 1997-01-20 | 1999-09-23 |
| MORRIS, Geraldine | Director | 1992-09-14 | 1997-12-01 |
| MORRISON, Peter Macmaster | Director | — | 2012-03-31 |
| NICHOLSON, Graham David | Director | 1995-04-24 | 2007-10-29 |
| ONIYAMA, Josephine | Director | 2016-04-28 | 2019-10-24 |
| PINNINGTON, Victoria | Director | 2019-10-24 | 2025-10-31 |
| RAHMAN, Luthfur | Director | 2021-04-22 | 2024-05-21 |
| RAHMAN, Luthfur | Director | 2016-07-27 | 2019-12-16 |
| REES, Helen Blodwen | Director | 1996-09-24 | 2003-07-21 |
| ROBERTS, Peter Lewis, Councillor | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| ROSS, Alison | Director | 2015-11-01 | 2018-10-25 |
| RUIA, Rajendra | Director | 2019-10-24 | 2023-04-20 |
| SCOTT, Robert David Hillyer, Sir | Director | — | 1997-12-01 |
| SHAPIRO, Philip Mark | Director | 1995-03-27 | 2015-10-31 |
| SIMCOCK, Andrew George | Director | 1999-02-15 | 2015-02-05 |
| SORRELL, Stephen Terence | Director | 2012-04-30 | 2021-10-21 |
| STONE, Bernard Eric, Cllr | Director | 2016-07-27 | 2021-05-07 |
| STONE, Bernard Eric, Cllr | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| THOMSON, Richard Ian | Director | — | 1995-10-30 |
| UTTRIDGE, William Edward John | Director | 1992-09-14 | 1994-10-05 |
| VERBER, Wilfred | Director | — | 1997-10-12 |
| WEBB, Alice Elizabeth | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2016-10-20 |
| WEBSTER, Susan | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2018-10-25 |
| WEDELL, Eberhard George, Proff | Director | — | 1992-05-18 |
| WILLIAMS, Sita Veronica | Director | 1992-09-14 | 1998-04-27 |
| WILLIS, Andrew Thomas Joseph, Dr | Director | 2007-11-29 | 2015-10-31 |
| WILLS, Catherine Martha | Director | — | 2006-07-31 |
| WOODHEAD, Leslie John | Director | — | 1992-05-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 275 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-15.8%
£5,137,629 £4,326,438
-
Cash
+28%
£1,299,552 £1,663,340
-
Net assets
+24.7%
£2,326,743 £2,900,435
-
Employees
-11.8%
93 82
-
Profit before tax
+72.6%
£156,503 £270,050
-
Wages
-12.7%
£3,323,806 £2,903,286
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers