# MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1113902
- **Other names:** MIF
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [05292793](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05292793)
- **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&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1113902


## Contact

- **Address:** AVIVA Studios, Water Street, Manchester
- **Postcode:** M3 4JQ
- **Phone:** 0161 817 4500
- **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.




## Classification

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



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NATIONAL
- Bolton
- Bury
- Manchester City
- Oldham
- Rochdale
- Salford City
- Stockport
- Tameside
- Trafford
- Wigan





## Trustees

| Name | Role | 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 |




