01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC022042
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 3
- Postcode
- EH9 1PL
OSCR note: Previous legal name Puppet Animation Scotland Limited from 05 October 1993 to 22 May 2024.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
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.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional 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.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £224,911 | £224,790 | 3 | 10 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £282,220 | £293,338 | 3 | 11 July 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £293,550 | £317,017 | 3 | 16 January 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | £247,055 | £213,926 | 3 | 19 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £212,657 | £187,120 | 3 | 18 October 2021 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://www.manipulatearts.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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