Medicinema

Analysis

Medicinema is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03210199). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Medicinema reported income of £2.1m and spending of £1.7m, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £812k to £2.1m (+160%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 125%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Medicinema sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Society for Horticultural Therapy (£2.1m), The Birmingham Settlement (£2.1m) and The Moulding Foundation (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 96% and investments 3.7%. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 14%. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 23 people.