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gorse hill studios creative community

The charity supports children and young people, people with disabilities, other charities or voluntary bodies, and the general public. Gorse Hill Studios Creative Community is a registered charity whose purpose is arts, culture, heritage, or science. It delivers its work by providing buildings, facilities, or open space. The charity is based in Manchester and operates in Manchester City, Salford City, and Trafford.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

Gorse Hill Studios (GHS) is an independently-run youth arts charity which provides free/low cost, high quality, accessible and responsive creative services to young people between the ages of 8 and 25 who present with a wide range of issues, from mental health to those struggling or facing exclusion from mainstream education.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£770,000
Latest Expenditure
£840,000

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 107.5%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 98.3%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 5.6%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £1,864
Charitable Activities £730,302
Other Trading £34,599
Investments £1,312
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £825,611
Raising Funds £14,389
Governance £32,497
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£770,000£840,000£825,611£469,590£141,46731 / 18
2023£779,007£795,422£779,183£541,527£135,00017 / 5
2022£854,261£721,711£704,227£557,942£13,00022 / 5
2021£500,836£441,876£441,406£425,392£115,00024 / 12
2020£486,437£449,7760 / 8

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers