Independent Cinema Office

Analysis

Independent Cinema Office is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2005, 21 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 05369193). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Independent Cinema Office reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.7m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £1.7m (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 16%. 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, Independent Cinema Office sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 The Duke's Playhouse Limited (£1.7m), Harmony Works Trust (£1.7m) and Deptford Challenge Trust Limited (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £254k. Reserves of £229k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.