# WATERS EDGE ARTS LTD

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1128608
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 17, 2009
- **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=1128608


## Contact

- **Address:** The Edge Theatre & Arts Centre, Manchester Road, Chorlton Cum Hardy, MANCHESTER
- **Postcode:** M21 9JG
- **Phone:** 01612829776
- **Email:** info@edgetheatre.co.uk
- **Website:** www.edgetheatre.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS, PARTICULARLY THEATRE, BY ENCOURAGING AND PROMOTING INVOLVEMENT IN THEATRE AND RELATED ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES BY ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY THOSE DEEMED AS DISADVANTAGED, VULNERABLE OR HARD TO REACH.

**Activities:** We deliver high quality participatory theatre projects, predominantly for people who are disadvantaged or vulnerable. We create and programme relevant, accessible theatre which challenges and entertains. We run The Edge Theatre & Arts Centre in Manchester, as a resource for  community and professional arts and The Dressing Room Cafe which trains learning disabled adults in hospitality & catering.

**Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Manchester City
- Salford City
- Trafford



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £441458 | £512759 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £444422 | £453252 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £453252 | £453975 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £533053 | £524566 | £179899 | 7 |
| March 31, 2021 | £281633 | £139582 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Akintayo Olutosin Ayoola Akinbode — appointed April 19, 2021
- Cllr JOHN HACKING — appointed Oct. 23, 2024
- Cllr Joanna Rachel Midgley — appointed Oct. 23, 2024
- Eamonn O'Neal OBE DL — appointed July 24, 2025
- Paula Louise Rabbitt — appointed Dec. 10, 2018
- Philip Alan Kolvin — appointed Aug. 8, 2023
- Richard Foster Morgan — appointed April 18, 2023
- Rupert Sinclair Hill — appointed Dec. 9, 2019