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JANUARY
Friday 4th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Saturday 5th
Hewan Clarke
Friday 11th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Friday 18th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Friday 25th
NUDE Mike Pickering
FEBRUARY
Friday 1st
NUDE Mike Pickering
Friday 8th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Monday 11th
Milltown Brothers; Midwich Cuckoos
Wednesday 13th
James; A Certain General
Friday 15th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Friday 22nd
NUDE Mike Pickering
Thursday 28th
Einstürzende Neubauten
Set-list: ‘Seele brennt’, ‘Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T.’, ‘Meningitis’, ‘Armenia’, ‘Yü-Gung (Fütter Mein Ego)’, ‘Sehnsucht’, ‘Sand’, ‘Negativ Nein’, ‘Letztes Biest (Am Himmel)’, ‘Hör mit Schmerzen’, ‘Tanz Debil’, ‘Die Genaue Zeit’, ‘Abfackeln!’
MARCH
Friday 1st
NUDE Mike Pickering
Saturday 2nd
Run DMC
Tuesday 5th
RAW POWER (The Tuesday Night. The Haçienda. The Real Music. The Cramps and Joy Division and Test Dept and Buzzcocks and T-Rex and the Fall and U2 and Bowie and the Inca Babies and Billy Bragg and Strongarm and Other Hard Stuff . . .)
Thursday 7th
The Pogues
Friday 8th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Thursday 14th
The Associates
Friday 15th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Thursday 21st
THE EASTER BALL Baby Go Boom
Friday 22nd
NUDE Mike Pickering
Wednesday 27th
The Redskins; Pete Shelley
Friday 29th
NUDE Mike Pickering
APRIL
Monday 8th
NUDE Mike Pickering
(rescheduled from 5 April)
Friday 12th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Friday 19th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Thursday 25th
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds; Sonic Youth
Set-list (Sonic Youth): ‘Halloween’, ‘Death Valley 69’, ‘Brave Men Run’, ‘I Love Her All the Time’, ‘Ghost Bitch’, ‘I’m Insane’, ‘Brother James’, ‘Kill Yr Idols’
Friday 26th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Saturday 27th
BODY AND SOUL, BODY AND MIND Hewan Clarke
MAY
Thursday 2nd
Xmal Deutschland
Friday 3rd
NUDE Mike Pickering
Friday 10th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Thursday 16th
The Colourfield
Friday 17th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Saturday 18th
WILL SATURDAY EVER BE? the Happy Hooligans
Tuesday 21st
THIRD ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION (Three at last)
Thursday 23rd
The Explorers
Friday 24th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Friday 31st
NUDE Mike Pickering
JUNE
Wednesday 5th
Gil Scott-Heron
Friday 7th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Monday 10th
GAY MONDAY
Tuesday 11th
THE SUMMER OF LOVE Martin Prendergast
Thursday 13th
The Pogues
Friday 14th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Saturday 15th
WILL SATURDAY EVER BE? Chad Jackson
Thursday 20th
Afro-Caribbean Connection
Friday 21st
NUDE Mike Pickering
Monday 24th
Pete Shelley
Wednesday 26th
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Thursday 27th
War
Friday 28th
NUDE Mike Pickering
JULY
Tuesday 2nd
RAW POWER – RAW MEAT
(All the hard stuff)
Thursday 4th
Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers
(American Independence night. Rally around the flag with Johnny Thunder and the Heartbreakers and many more Yank surprises.)
Friday 5th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Friday 12th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Monday 15th
GAY MONDAY; the Communards
Tuesday 16th
New Order
Set-list: ‘State of the Nation’, ‘Dreams Never End’, ‘Subculture’, ‘This Time of Night’, ‘Your Silent Face’, ‘Love Vigilantes’, ‘Weirdo’, ‘The Perfect Kiss’, ‘Face Up’, ‘Sunrise’, ‘Ceremony’, ‘Confusion’, ‘Temptation’
Friday 19th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Thursday 25th
Paul Blake
Friday 26th
NUDE Mike Pickering
AUGUST
Friday 2nd
NUDE Mike Pickering
Friday 9th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Thursday 15th
Playn Jayne; the Stone Roses
Set-list (the Stone Roses): ‘Fall’, ‘Heart on the Staves’, ‘So Young’, ‘I Wanna Be Adored’, ‘Here It Comes’, ‘All I Want’, ‘Tradjic Roundabout’, ‘Getting Plenty’, ‘Tell Me’
Friday 16th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Monday 19th
GAY MONDAY
Wednesday 21st
George Clinton
Friday 23rd
NUDE Mike Pickering
Friday 30th
NUDE Mike Pickering
SEPTEMBER
Friday 6th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Monday 9th
GAY MONDAY
The Life and Times of Harvey Milk
(film)
Friday 13th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Wednesday 18th
The Pogues
Friday 20th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Wednesday 25th
Husker Du; Crime & the City Solution
Friday 27th
NUDE Mike Pickering; the Latino Beat
(Classic Dance-Floor Show Electro/Soul/Funk/Reggae)
Saturday 28th
WILL SATURDAY EVER BE?
Monday 30th
MUSIC AND DANCE FOR LESBIANS AND GAY MEN Liz Wright; the Fallen Angels
OCTOBER
Tuesday 1st
THE SUMMER OF LOVE Little Martin; Martin Prendergast
Friday 4th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Monday 7th
MUSIC AND DANCE FOR LESBIANS AND GAY MEN
Tuesday 8th
FRESHERS’ BALL
Wednesday 9th
The Fall
Friday 11th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Saturday 12th
WILL SATURDAY EVER BE?
Tuesday 15th
Everything But the Girl
Friday 18th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Saturday 19th
WILL SATURDAY EVER BE?
Wednesday 23rd
Primal Scream; Meat Whiplash; Weather Prophets
Friday 25th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Saturday 26th
WILL SATURDAY EVER BE?
Monday 28th
GAY MONDAY Miquel Brown; the Joan Collins Fan Club; Liz Wright; the Fallen Angels
Thursday 31st
Gil Scott-Heron
NOVEMBER
Friday 1st
NUDE Mike Pickering
Friday 8th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Thursday 14th
The Cool Notes
Friday 15th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Friday 22nd
NUDE Mike Pickering
Tuesday 26th
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Friday 29th
NUDE Mike Pickering
DECEMBER
Tuesday 3rd
New Order
(two concerts, matinee and late show)
;
the Happy Mondays
Matinee set-list (New Order): ‘As It Is When It Was’, ‘Sunrise’, ‘Face Up’, ‘The Perfect Kiss’, ‘Your Silent Face’, ‘Sooner Than You Think’, ‘This Time of Night’, ‘Confusion’, ‘Temptation’, ‘Age of Consent’
Evening set-list (New Order): ‘As It Is When It Was’, ‘Everything’s Gone Green’, ‘Subculture’, ‘Blue Monday’, ‘Lonesome Tonight’, ‘Love Vigilantes’, ‘586’, ‘Face Up’, ‘Ceremony’, ‘State of the Nation’
Wednesday 4th
MANCHESTER POLYTECHNIC CHRISTMAS PARTY
(produced by students and featuring their own DJs)
Thursday 5th
A TRANSATLANTIC HAPPENING Quando Quango; 52nd Street; Mark Kamins; Frank Callari
Friday 6th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Monday 9th
GAY MONDAY
Friday 13th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Saturday 14th
STREET SCENE
Monday 16th
GAY MONDAY
Tuesday 17th
WINTER OF DISCONTENT PARTY CITY
Thursday 19th
LIFE PARTY
Friday 20th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Tuesday 24th
CHRISTMAS EVE PARTY
Friday 27th
NUDE Mike Pickering
Tuesday 31st
NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY

 

FACT 51 Limited
Trading as: the Haçienda

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS

The Directors submit their report and the audited accounts for the year ended 21 May 1985.

Principal activities

The principal activity of the Company is that of proprietors of a licensed club and recreation rooms.

Review of the business

The Directors consider that the Company’s trading position will improve in the long term.

Fixed assets

The movement of fixed assets is set out in note 8 of the accounts.

Results and dividends

The trading loss for the year after taxation and extraordinary items was £52,528. The Directors do not recommend the payment of a dividend.

Directors

The Directors who served during the year and their interests in the Company at the end of the year were as follows:

A.H.Wilson (held in trust for Factory Records)
R. L. Gretton (Communications) Limited
H. M. Jones (Resigned 31.12.1983)
A. Erasmus

Mr A. H. Wilson retires by rotation and being eligible offers himself for re-election.

Political and charitable contributions

There were no political or charitable contributions in the year.

Taxation status

In the opinion of the Directors, the Company is a close Company within the meaning of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970.

Auditors

A resolution to appoint Freedman Frankel & Taylor as auditors will be proposed at the Annual General Meeting.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD

[Signed by Alan Erasmus]

Secretary

FAC 51 Limited
Trading as: the Haçienda

 
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT (for the year ended 21 May 1985)
1985
1984
(£)
(£)
Turnover
476,893.00
499,566.00
Cost of sales
145,649.00
116,563.00
Gross profit
331,244.00
383,003.00
Administrative expenses
377,046.00
374,542.00
Operating profit
(45,802.00)
8461.00
Interest payable and similar charges
7736.00
11,119.00
Loss on ordinary activities before taxation
(53,528.00)
(2658.00)
Taxation


Loss on ordinary activities after taxation
(53,528.00)
(2658.00)
Retained loss for the year
(53,528.00)
(49,858.00)
Retained loss brought forward
(58,726.00)
(8868.00)
Retained loss carried forward
(112,254.00)
(58,726.00)

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