The Sir John Hurt Film Trust Limited

Registered charity 288309 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CINEMA CITY, CINEMA CITY LIMITED, CINEMA PLUS, NORFOLK AND NORWICH FILM THEATRE LIMITED

The Sir John Hurt Film Trust Ltd has been dedicated to using the power of the moving image for education and learning since it was founded in 1966 (as the Norfolk and Norwich Film Theatre Ltd). Our core aims are to develop cultural participation and learning irrespective of age or ability and ensure that film culture and heritage can be accessed by everyone.

Objects

(1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE FILM AS AN ART AND AS A MEDIUM FOR INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL ENLIGHTENMENT WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK AND THE CITY OF NORWICH. (2) TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF FILMS.

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECTS

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 ended the year with a healthy financial position, holding unrestricted reserves of £116,697 against a policy target of six months' projected investment. The trustees report a reasonable expectation of adequate resources for the foreseeable future, noting that the board remains cautious about spending due to the opaque financial structure of the cinema operator, Picturehouse.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• PHILIP EASTERchair
• Jaan Larner
• Karen Buchanan
• Lady Anwen Hurt

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).