MANCHESTER CITY GALLERIES TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-19 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-27.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+13.4% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
34
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- MANCHESTER CITY GALLERIES TRUST 2007-03-12 → present
- MANCHESTER CITY GALLERIES DEVELOPMENT TRUST 2003-07-19 → 2007-03-12
- MANCHESTER CITY ART GALLERIES DEVELOPMENT TRUST 2000-10-13 → 2003-07-19
- MANCHESTER CITY ART GALLERIES PUBLICATIONS 1995-05-05 → 2000-10-13
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £1,174,988 | £996,135 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £310,775 | £239,667 | |
| Cash | £456,182 | £716,487 | £1,173,967 | £1,497,610 | £2,293,372 | £1,666,922 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £293,800 | £793,766 | £1,298,127 | £1,362,329 | £1,791,118 | £2,030,785 | |
| Equity | -£293,800 | -£793,766 | -£1,298,127 | -£1,362,329 | £1,791,118 | £2,030,785 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 34 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £536,240 | £526,204 |
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 26.4% | 24.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 3.82x | 4.50x |
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 Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- MANCHESTER CITY GALLERIES TRUST · parent
- Manchester Art Gallery Trading Company Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGGS, Joanne Laura | Secretary | 2012-07-12 | — | — |
| ABBOTTS, Lynette Mary | Director | 2025-09-04 | Dec 1950 | British |
| BARILLOVA, Viktoria | Director | 2023-07-28 | Feb 1999 | Slovak |
| DUNBAR, Zoe Claire | Director | 2023-07-28 | Aug 1977 | British |
| LINDSAY, Steven James | Director | 2024-12-06 | Jun 1962 | British |
| PALMER, Andrew Graham | Director | 2021-11-05 | Dec 1968 | British |
| STEPHENSON, Roger Francis | Director | 2024-05-17 | Feb 1946 | British |
| TAYLOR-O'BRIEN, Helen Jane | Director | 2024-12-06 | Nov 1966 | British |
| WOOD, Stuart Paul | Director | 2021-11-05 | Jul 1979 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRAY, Richard Dennis | Secretary | 1995-05-05 | 2000-03-27 |
| TANDY, Virginia Ann, Dr | Secretary | 2000-03-27 | 2008-11-11 |
| YOUNG, Valerie Morrison | Secretary | 2008-11-11 | 2012-07-12 |
| BLOXHAM, Joanne | Director | 2012-03-15 | 2018-10-19 |
| CONN, Stephen Leonard | Director | 2009-09-15 | 2014-06-19 |
| ENTWISTLE, Timothy John | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2021-11-05 |
| HARRIS, Paul Melvyn | Director | 2003-02-25 | 2009-09-08 |
| HARVEY, Joanne Susan | Director | 2014-09-11 | 2016-11-25 |
| HAUGH, Rachel Jane | Director | 2008-02-08 | 2017-11-03 |
| HETHERINGTON, Thom | Director | 2017-04-18 | 2023-11-10 |
| LIVINGSTONE, Jack | Director | 2000-09-29 | 2009-03-31 |
| LUNDY, Stephen Paul | Director | 2007-10-18 | 2010-01-18 |
| MCKEOWN, Charles Francis | Director | 2007-12-21 | 2014-09-11 |
| MOSS, Robert James | Director | 2012-07-12 | 2019-11-01 |
| MYCOCK, James Robert | Director | 2018-02-01 | 2024-12-06 |
| PARELLO, Mark | Director | 2014-09-11 | 2018-09-14 |
| PAYNE, Nicholas Milne | Director | 1995-05-05 | 2011-11-03 |
| PULFORD, Richard Guy | Director | 2021-05-07 | 2024-09-05 |
| RATHBONE, Dorothy Anne | Director | 1995-05-05 | 2000-03-27 |
| SANDBACH, Julian John | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2022-11-11 |
| SHINDLER, Geoffrey Arnold | Director | 2003-02-25 | 2012-11-16 |
| SMITH, Warren James, Lord Lieutenant | Director | 1995-05-05 | 1998-02-02 |
| SORRELL, Stephen Terence | Director | 2000-06-16 | 2010-11-15 |
| STEPHENSON, Margaret | Director | 2012-11-16 | 2018-10-19 |
| TAYLOR-O'BRIEN, Helen Jane | Director | 2014-09-11 | 2020-06-18 |
| TOPHAM, David James | Director | 1995-05-05 | 2012-11-16 |
| VAN DEN HOUTEN, Pieternella Cornelia | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2022-11-11 |
| WILLIAMS, John Matthew | Director | 2018-02-01 | 2024-12-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 130 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-11-07 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
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Turnover
-15.2%
£1,174,988 £996,135
-
Cash
-27.3%
£2,293,372 £1,666,922
-
Net assets
+13.4%
£1,791,118 £2,030,785
highest in 6 filed years
-
Employees
0%
34 34
-
Wages
-1.9%
£536,240 £526,204
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