The Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Limited

Analysis

The Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in December 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 00269085). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Limited reported income of £58k and spending of £75k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £65k to £58k (-11%), an average of -2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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 Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Limited sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sewell Barn Theatre Trust Fund (£58k), Wales Community Theatre Players (£58k) and The Megan Gwynne-Jones Charitable Trust (£58k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.