The Market Hall Cinema and Arts Trust

Analysis

The Market Hall Cinema and Arts Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ebbw Vale. It was registered in May 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Market Hall Cinema and Arts Trust reported income of £257k and spending of £252k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £131k to £257k (+96%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, The Market Hall Cinema and Arts Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra (£256k), Seed Sedgemoor (£257k) and Hastings International Piano (£256k).