TYNESIDE CINEMA

Registered charity 502592 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q7860538 · Wikipedia · also known as TYNESIDE FILM THEATRE LIMITED

Advancement of education, understanding and appreciation of the arts, including audio visual arts, primarily but not exclusively for the benefit of the public in the North East of England, through creation and presentation of moving image works, literature, music and live public events, educational and training projects and by any other charitable means.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE APPRECIATION AND STUDY OF THE ARTS BY THE PUBLIC WITH A VIEW TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THEIR ARTISTIC TASTES. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMO)

Area of benefit: NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £1,557 for the year, driven largely by the recognition of deferred grants. However, the group's unrestricted funds are in a deficit of £840,505, with the majority of total funds restricted or tied up in fixed assets. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern, supported by recent restructuring, new loans, and stabilizing trading performance.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kinnair Associates Limited. Discloses 4 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.

• 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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 04/12/2024, 308 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (50% 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: 31.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Deborah Louise Evans
• Elaine Taylor
• Iain Ashton Watson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Iain David Wright
• Lindsey Alexandria Adams
• Sean Nicolson
• Stephanie Afua Achiamaa Edusei

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

Operates in: Durham · Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ACTONE ARTSBASE.

• ACTONE ARTSBASE income £36k
• THE ARTS SOCIETY, EAST GRINSTEAD (TASEG) income £44k
• WATERSPRITE FILM FESTIVAL LTD income £139k
• CHICHESTER CINEMA AT NEW PARK LIMITED income £802k
• CITY EYE LIMITED income £123k
• THEATRE WORKS income £159k

Side by side with its peers

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