The UK’s Really Local Group, the company behind five London community cinemas Catford Mews, Reading Biscuit Factory, Ealing Project, Sidcup Storyteller and Throwley Yard Sutton, has entered liquidation.
Really Local Group venues aimed to transform derelict retail units and abandoned spaces into multi-use community spaces, combining cinema, live performance and café-bars.
The company’s first venue, south London’s Catford Mews, opened in 2019. It was closed by Lewisham Council on October 29, with the council claiming the group had run up arrears of over £650,000 since 2019 and accusing the company of failing to pay its bills.
Sutton venue Throwley Yard was shut down by the council this month, around a year after…