Plaza Community Cinema

Analysis

Plaza Community Cinema is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in May 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03362182). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Plaza Community Cinema reported income of £863k and spending of £930k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £533k to £863k (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Plaza Community Cinema sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wysing Arts Charity (£863k), Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Limited (£868k) and Catalyst Science Discovery Centre and Museum Trust Limited (£861k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 82%, trading 13%, investments 2.6% and donations and legacies 2.4%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 2.4%. Reserves of £302k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.