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Manipulate Arts Ltd

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC022042
Status
Active
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Dec. 10, 2025. Filing history
Registered
Oct. 5, 1993
Legal form
Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Address

Address
Summerhall
1 Summerhall
Edinburgh
EH9 1PL

Contact

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of education','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science'

The mission of Manipulate Arts is to champion, develop and present animated film, puppetry and visual theatre in Scotland and internationally. We do this through delivery of our international festival, Manipulate Festival, a year-round community engagement programme and talent development activities for professional stage and screen artists. Our aims are to establish Scotland’s reputation, locally, nationally and internationally, as a place where puppetry, visual theatre and animated film are thriving. to ensure that people all across Scotland have the opportunity to enrich their lives through visually-led performance, film and creativity. and to support a vibrant and empowered artistic community in Scotland, enabling independent artists to thrive in their practice.

Beneficiaries: 'Children or young people'

Objectives: The Company is established for charitable objects and purposes only. In particular, the Company is established to advance public education by the encouragement of the performing and visual arts, including without limiting the foregoing, the arts of puppetry, animation, drama, ballet, dance, mime, and music.

Geography

Main operating location
City of Edinburgh
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure Employees
March 31, 2025 Dec. 10, 2025On time £224,911 £224,790 3
March 31, 2024 July 11, 2024On time £282,220 £293,338 2
March 31, 2023 Jan. 16, 202416 days late £293,550 £317,017 2
March 31, 2022 Dec. 19, 2022On time £247,055 £213,926 3
March 31, 2021 Oct. 18, 2021On time £212,657 £187,120 4

Due dates are 9 months after the year end, OSCR's deadline, so they don't allow for any extension OSCR has granted.