# Manipulate Arts Ltd

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC022042
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
- **Registered:** Oct. 5, 1993
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC022042


## Contact

- **Address:** Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh
- **Postcode:** EH9 1PL
- **Website:** https://www.manipulatearts.co.uk



## Activities

**Activities:** 'It carries out activities or services itself'

**Purposes:** 'the advancement of education','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science'

**What the charity does:** 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 | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £224911 | £224790 |  -  | 3 |  |
| March 31, 2024 | £282220 | £293338 |  -  | 2 |  |
| March 31, 2023 | £293550 | £317017 |  -  | 2 |  |
| March 31, 2022 | £247055 | £213926 |  -  | 3 |  |
| March 31, 2021 | £212657 | £187120 |  -  | 4 |  |