Firing Line Ltd

Analysis

Firing Line Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in April 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06774535). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Firing Line Ltd reported income of £374k and spending of £315k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £433k to £374k (-14%), an average of -3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 24%. 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, Firing Line Ltd sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Liverpool Irish Centre (£374k), Theatre Centre Limited (£374k) and The Guy and Elinor Meynell Charitable Trust (£373k).