LEWES COMMUNITY SCREEN

Registered charity 1150757 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE DEPOT

By operating a community cinema the company will advance education in the knowledge, understanding andappreciation of the arts, particularly the art of film and allied visual techniques, in particular from the benefit ofthe inhabitants of the town of Lewes and the surrounding area.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS, PARTICULARLY THE ART OF FILM AND ALLIED VISUAL TECHNIQUES; ANDIN PARTICULAR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF LEWES AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, THE PROMOTION AND THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND OTHER LEISURE TIME FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £143,911 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £13,047,430. The trustees confirmed the group has adequate resources to continue as a going concern and noted that principal funding has come from one individual. The charity operates a trading subsidiary to generate additional funds, although the trustees noted this has not yet been fully achieved to eliminate the need for private donations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Griffin Stone Moscrop & Co. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 5 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~15.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (39% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 39.7% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ROBERT NORMAN SENIORchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• JEREMY NEIL PAGE
• Jennifer Margaret Sibree Leeburn
• Richard Stephen Powell
• SARAH FRANCES HUNTER · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SAFFRON WALDEN COMMUNITY CINEMA LIMITED.

• SAFFRON WALDEN COMMUNITY CINEMA LIMITED income £298k
• CHICHESTER CINEMA AT NEW PARK LIMITED income £802k
• BERWICK FILM & MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL income £339k
• Rex Cinema Wareham income £193k
• MOVIOLA LIMITED income £230k
• TYNESIDE CINEMA income £3.5m

Side by side with its peers

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