# MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1113902
- **Other names:** MIF
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** April 26, 2006
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1113902


## Contact

- **Address:** AVIVA Studios, Water Street, Manchester
- **Postcode:** M3 4JQ
- **Phone:** 01618174500
- **Email:** companysecretary@factoryinternational.org
- **Website:** www.factoryinternational.org



## Activities

**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

**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.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Bolton
- Bury
- Manchester City
- Oldham
- Rochdale
- Salford City
- Stockport
- Tameside
- Trafford
- Wigan



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £24235682 | £25757736 | £13232391 | 210 |
| March 31, 2024 | £28253414 | £30957443 | £13646243 | 221 |
| March 31, 2023 | £13900811 | £12035390 | £13782101 | 121 |
| March 31, 2022 | £20201358 | £18843747 | £11675037 | 110 |
| Sept. 30, 2020 | £12801680 | £6642439 | £10189387 | 81 |



## Trustees

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