Phoenix Cinema Trust Limited

Analysis

Phoenix Cinema Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1987, 39 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 01956960). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Phoenix Cinema Trust Limited reported income of £573k and spending of £757k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £435k to £573k (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 40%. 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, Phoenix Cinema Trust Limited sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Theatre Porto (£572k), The Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival Limited (£574k) and Dean Heritage Museum Trust (£572k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 83% and donations and legacies 16%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 19 people.

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.