Southwold Film Society

Analysis

Southwold Film Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in April 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03928758). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Southwold Film Society reported income of £51k and spending of £55k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £11k to £51k (+374%), an average of +48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 130%. Over the whole period it spent 128% 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, Southwold Film Society sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mollington,backford and District Village Hall (£51k), The London Forest Choir (£51k) and The Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus (£51k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.