Rainbow Film Society

Analysis

Rainbow Film Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 03763165). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Rainbow Film Society reported income of £23k and spending of £6,608, leaving 71% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £7,100 to £23k (+222%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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, Rainbow Film Society sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stockton Heath Primary School PTA (£23k), The Arts Society South East Suffolk (£23k) and Minster Village Hall and Molineux Institute (£23k).