CCEW Charity Commission profile

BURY METROPOLITAN ARTS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 701879 · organisation 701879

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
Charitable company
Registered
10 August 1989
Removed
Not supplied
Company number supplied
02370868
Financial period
1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income
£1,235,173
Latest expenditure
£1,235,390
Gift Aid
Yes
Owns or uses land
Yes
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
No

Public contact address: THE MET, MARKET STREET, BURY, LANCS, BL9 0BW

Website recorded by the regulator: www.themet.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Theatre and Arts Centre giving the opportunity to participate and enjoy performance through delivery of professional programmes and workshops

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received
19 December 2025
Date Accounts Received
19 December 2025
Total Gross Income
£1,235,173
Total Gross Expenditure
£1,235,390
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received
23 December 2024
Date Accounts Received
23 December 2024
Total Gross Income
£1,012,677
Total Gross Expenditure
£1,067,139
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received
17 January 2024
Date Accounts Received
17 January 2024
Total Gross Income
£809,901
Total Gross Expenditure
£758,158
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received
26 January 2023
Date Accounts Received
26 January 2023
Total Gross Income
£809,655
Total Gross Expenditure
£758,063
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received
3 December 2021
Date Accounts Received
3 December 2021
Total Gross Income
£885,965
Total Gross Expenditure
£678,636

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
Yes
Fin Period Order Number
1
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2025
Ar Due Date
31 January 2026
Ar Received Date
19 December 2025
Total Gross Income
£1,235,173
Total Gross Expenditure
£1,235,390
Grant Making Is Main Activity
No
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£1
Income From Government Grants
£48,750
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
50
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
2
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2024
Ar Due Date
31 January 2025
Ar Received Date
23 December 2024
Total Gross Income
£1,012,677
Total Gross Expenditure
£1,067,139
Grant Making Is Main Activity
No
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£1
Income From Government Grants
£48,750
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
50
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
3
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2023
Ar Due Date
31 January 2024
Ar Received Date
17 January 2024
Total Gross Income
£809,901
Total Gross Expenditure
£758,158
Grant Making Is Main Activity
No
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£1
Income From Government Grants
£48,750
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
50
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
4
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2022
Ar Due Date
31 January 2023
Ar Received Date
26 January 2023
Total Gross Income
£809,655
Total Gross Expenditure
£758,063
Charity Raises Funds From Public
Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser
No
Charity Commercial Participator
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
Yes
Count Govt Grants
£1
Income From Government Grants
£48,750
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
50
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
5
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2021
Ar Due Date
31 January 2022
Ar Received Date
3 December 2021
Total Gross Income
£885,965
Total Gross Expenditure
£678,636
Charity Raises Funds From Public
Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser
No
Charity Commercial Participator
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
Yes
Count Govt Grants
£2
Income From Government Grants
£98,750
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
10

05 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
Yes
Fin Period Order Number
1
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2025
Ar Due Date
31 January 2026
Ar Received Date
19 December 2025
Income Donations And Legacies
338828
Income Other Trading Activities
262135
Income Charitable Activities
614397
Income Investments
19813
Income Other
0
Income Total Income And Endowments
1235173
Income Legacies
0
Income Endowments
0
Expenditure Raising Funds
£15,899
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
£1,219,491
Expenditure Other
0
Expenditure Total
1235390
Expenditure Investment Management
0
Expenditure Grants Institution
0
Expenditure Governance
6020
Expenditure Support Costs
557619
Expenditure Depreciation
126772
Gain Loss Investment
0
Gain Loss Pension Fund
0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
0
Gain Loss Other
0
Reserves
£259,797
Assets Total Fixed
2633389
Assets Own Use
2633389
Assets Long Term Investment
0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
0
Assets Other Assets
£685,792
Assets Total Liabilities
£346,319
Assets Current Investment
0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
£2,972,862
Creditors One Year Total Current
315557
Creditors Falling Due After One Year
30762
Assets Cash
£630,182
Funds Endowment
0
Funds Unrestricted
2862424
Funds Restricted
110438
Funds Total
2972862
Count Employees
13
Charity Only Accounts
Yes
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
2
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2024
Ar Due Date
31 January 2025
Ar Received Date
23 December 2024
Income Donations And Legacies
310650
Income Other Trading Activities
143325
Income Charitable Activities
552067
Income Investments
6635
Income Other
0
Income Total Income And Endowments
1012677
Income Legacies
0
Income Endowments
0
Expenditure Raising Funds
£16,591
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
£1,050,548
Expenditure Other
0
Expenditure Total
1067139
Expenditure Investment Management
0
Expenditure Grants Institution
0
Expenditure Governance
5220
Expenditure Support Costs
505342
Expenditure Depreciation
147248
Gain Loss Investment
0
Gain Loss Pension Fund
0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
0
Gain Loss Other
0
Reserves
£192,853
Assets Total Fixed
2737445
Assets Own Use
2737445
Assets Long Term Investment
0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
0
Assets Other Assets
£604,561
Assets Total Liabilities
£368,632
Assets Current Investment
0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
£2,973,374
Creditors One Year Total Current
337870
Creditors Falling Due After One Year
30762
Assets Cash
£546,813
Funds Endowment
0
Funds Unrestricted
2899536
Funds Restricted
73838
Funds Total
2973374
Count Employees
17
Charity Only Accounts
Yes
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
3
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2023
Ar Due Date
31 January 2024
Ar Received Date
17 January 2024
Income Donations And Legacies
335807
Income Other Trading Activities
48526
Income Charitable Activities
425377
Income Investments
191
Income Other
0
Income Total Income And Endowments
809901
Income Legacies
0
Income Endowments
0
Expenditure Raising Funds
£12,993
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
£745,165
Expenditure Other
0
Expenditure Total
758158
Expenditure Investment Management
0
Expenditure Grants Institution
0
Expenditure Governance
5220
Expenditure Support Costs
483711
Expenditure Depreciation
180483
Gain Loss Investment
0
Gain Loss Pension Fund
0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
0
Gain Loss Other
0
Reserves
£265,356
Assets Total Fixed
2866653
Assets Own Use
2866653
Assets Long Term Investment
0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
0
Assets Other Assets
£737,198
Assets Total Liabilities
£430,117
Assets Current Investment
0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
£3,173,734
Creditors One Year Total Current
399355
Creditors Falling Due After One Year
30762
Assets Cash
£524,695
Funds Endowment
0
Funds Unrestricted
3101247
Funds Restricted
72487
Funds Total
3173734
Count Employees
16
Charity Only Accounts
Yes
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
4
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2022
Ar Due Date
31 January 2023
Ar Received Date
26 January 2023
Income Donations And Legacies
398735
Income Other Trading Activities
49887
Income Charitable Activities
361033
Income Investments
0
Income Other
0
Income Total Income And Endowments
809655
Income Legacies
0
Income Endowments
0
Expenditure Raising Funds
£8,435
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
£749,628
Expenditure Other
0
Expenditure Total
758063
Expenditure Investment Management
0
Expenditure Grants Institution
0
Expenditure Governance
5238
Expenditure Support Costs
424328
Expenditure Depreciation
196495
Gain Loss Investment
0
Gain Loss Pension Fund
0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
0
Gain Loss Other
0
Reserves
£214,321
Assets Total Fixed
3046429
Assets Own Use
3046429
Assets Long Term Investment
0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
0
Assets Other Assets
£661,326
Assets Total Liabilities
£352,867
Assets Current Investment
0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
£3,354,888
Creditors One Year Total Current
322105
Creditors Falling Due After One Year
30762
Assets Cash
£544,749
Funds Endowment
0
Funds Unrestricted
3229988
Funds Restricted
124900
Funds Total
3354888
Count Employees
19
Charity Only Accounts
Yes
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
5
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2021
Ar Due Date
31 January 2022
Ar Received Date
3 December 2021
Income Donations And Legacies
623944
Income Other Trading Activities
0
Income Charitable Activities
207630
Income Investments
149
Income Other
54242
Income Total Income And Endowments
885965
Income Legacies
0
Income Endowments
0
Expenditure Raising Funds
£8,901
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
£669,735
Expenditure Other
0
Expenditure Total
678636
Expenditure Investment Management
0
Expenditure Grants Institution
0
Expenditure Governance
5308
Expenditure Support Costs
355728
Expenditure Depreciation
203093
Gain Loss Investment
0
Gain Loss Pension Fund
0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
0
Gain Loss Other
0
Reserves
£172,910
Assets Total Fixed
3220905
Assets Own Use
3220905
Assets Long Term Investment
0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
0
Assets Other Assets
£694,562
Assets Total Liabilities
£321,052
Assets Current Investment
0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
£3,594,415
Creditors One Year Total Current
290290
Creditors Falling Due After One Year
30762
Assets Cash
£546,697
Funds Endowment
0
Funds Unrestricted
3363053
Funds Restricted
231362
Funds Total
3594415
Count Employees
18
Charity Only Accounts
Yes

06 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
Bury
Parent Geographic Area Type
Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description
Greater Manchester
Welsh Ind
No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
304
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Human Resources
Classification Code
109
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Classification Code
305
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Classification Code
207
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
The General Public/mankind

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
BURY METROPOLITAN ARTS ASSOCIATION
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
Standard registration
Date Of Event
1989-08-10T00:00:00

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 11 APRIL 1989AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08 JUN 2016 as amended on 13 Jul 2020
Charitable Objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE FURTHERANCE OF THE PERFORMING AND ARTISTIC ARTS AND BY INCREASING THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE ARTS AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF BURY.
Area Of Benefit
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF BURY

10 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id
21254
Charity Name Type
Working name
Charity Name
THE MET

11 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Policy Name
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Policy Name
Complaints policy and procedures
Policy Name
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Policy Name
Paying staff
Policy Name
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Policy Name
Social media policy and procedures
Policy Name
Complaints handling
Policy Name
Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Policy Name
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Policy Name
Conflicting interests
Policy Name
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Policy Name
Volunteer management
Policy Name
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Policy Name
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Policy Name
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Policy Name
Risk management