THE CINEMA MUSEUM

Registered charity 293285 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The museum is open by appointment to visitors, researchers and historians. Film screenings are given throughout the year. We work with educational institutions on joint projects. We work with film archives on preservation projects. Items from the collection are made available on loan to other institutions for exhibitions. We run seasonal programmes of events which are listed on our website.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£170k
Latest spending
£179k
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a net expenditure of £8,752 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £-8,571 to £-17,323. The trustees' report indicates that unrestricted net current assets held were £79,600, which falls within the stated policy target of £71,000 - £107,000 representing 6-9 months of running costs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between 6-9 months of running costs which amounts to approximately £71,000 - £107,000 (held: £80k)
This is set at between 6-9 months of running costs which amounts to approximately £71,000 - £107,000.
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Cinema Museum (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£170k£179k
31/12/2023£188k£160k
31/12/2022£225k£159k
31/12/2021£117k£136k
31/12/2020£142k£91k

Common questions

Is THE CINEMA MUSEUM financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at a net expenditure of £8,752 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £-8,571 to £-17,323. The trustees' report indicates that unrestricted net current assets held were £79,600, which falls within the stated policy target of £71,000 - £107,000 representing 6-9 months of running costs. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/10/2012£10k"Community Curators - local cinema heritage"

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHICHESTER CINEMA AT NEW PARK LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CINEMA MUSEUM£170k0unclearno doubt
CHICHESTER CINEMA AT NEW PARK LIMITED FY2024£765k0unclearno doubt
THE RIO CENTRE (DALSTON) LIMITED FY2025£1.0m0belowno doubt
CIMATHEQUE FOUNDATION FY2023£167k0unclearno doubt
INDEPENDENT CINEMA OFFICE FY2025£1.7m£60,001 - £70,0001belowno doubt
LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED FY2025£19.9munclearno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.