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Manchester International Festival

Mif

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1113902
Status
Registered
Registered
April 26, 2006
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
National

Address

Address
AVIVA Studios
Water Street
Manchester
M3 4JQ

Activities

Organising and staging a biennial arts festival of performances, exhibitions and special events, commissioning new work for the public benefit. Organising and staging performances between Festivals. Touring selected commissions to venues and arts festivals in the UK and the rest of the world. In 2023 we transitioned to our permanent venue in Manchester -Aviva Studios,home of Factory International.

Objects: To Promote, Maintain, Improve, Develop And Advance Public Education By The Encouragement Of The Arts Including (but Not Limited To) Music, Opera, Dance, Singing, Dancing, Literature And The Visual Arts And In Particular (but Without Prejudice To The Generality Of The Foregoing) The Holding Of Festivals Of Culture, Ideas And Creativity

Classification

How
Provides Services
What
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who
The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
March 31, 2025 £24,235,682 £25,757,736 £13,232,391 210
March 31, 2024 £28,253,414 £30,957,443 £13,646,243 221
March 31, 2023 £13,900,811 £12,035,390 £13,782,101 121
March 31, 2022 £20,201,358 £18,843,747 £11,675,037 110
Sept. 30, 2020 £12,801,680 £6,642,439 £10,189,387 81

Trustees

Name Appointed
Moira Sinclair (Chair) March 1, 2024
Candice Marie Hull March 3, 2025
Charles Richard Bell Oct. 1, 2017
Dabboussy Lamia March 2, 2022
Fazeel Barber March 2, 2022
Garry Bridges May 28, 2024
Joanne Louise Whitfield CBE April 22, 2020
John Bernard Dunleavy March 3, 2025
Joshua Jack Wilkinson March 3, 2025
Laura Jordan Bambach March 2, 2022
Leila Louisa Anne Alexander March 3, 2025
Lemn Sissay OBE FRSL March 3, 2025
Molly Jackson Dec. 10, 2025
Ngozi Ugochukwu April 22, 2020
Nihal Senaka Arthanayake March 3, 2025
Patricia Bartoli March 2, 2022
Shaminder Nahal April 28, 2021
Sharon Watson Sept. 21, 2022
Thom Hetherington March 3, 2025
Zoe Watters Dec. 10, 2025