The Cinema Museum

Analysis

The Cinema Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01865840). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Cinema Museum reported income of £232k and spending of £217k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £117k to £232k (+98%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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 Cinema Museum 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 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Llanthony Secunda Priory Trust (£232k), Kids in Museums (£232k) and Little Fish Theatre (£232k).