Nottingham Media Centre Limited

Analysis

Nottingham Media Centre Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in November 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02315936). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Nottingham Media Centre Limited reported income of £4.0m and spending of £4.0m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.7m to £4.0m (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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, Nottingham Media Centre Limited sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Green Room Foundation Ltd (£4.0m), The Royal Bath and West of England Society (£4.0m) and The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (£4.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 67%, trading 27% and donations and legacies 5.3%. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 25%. Reserves of £666k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 73 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.