Rusthall Community Cinema

Analysis

Rusthall Community Cinema is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tunbridge Wells. It was registered in January 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Rusthall Community Cinema reported income of £21k and spending of £16k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £2,713 to £21k (+676%), an average of +67% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 216%. Over the whole period it spent 62% 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, Rusthall Community Cinema sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Bolton on Swale St Mary's C of E Primary School (£21k), Wingham Village Hall (£21k) and The East Riding Concert Orchestra (£21k).