Chichester Cinema at New Park Limited

Analysis

Chichester Cinema at New Park Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chichester. It was registered in October 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04445002). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Chichester Cinema at New Park Limited reported income of £802k and spending of £744k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £424k to £802k (+89%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, Chichester Cinema at New Park Limited 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 Lymearts Community Trust Limited (£801k), The Flying Seagull Project (£804k) and Kindred Studios (£801k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 77%, donations and legacies 17%, trading 5.1% and investments 1.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £4,834. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 1.6%. Reserves of £289k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.