Campaigners who brought the David Lean Cinema back from extinction have formed a community interest company.
The Save the David Lean Cinema Campaign will be able to hire staff and more easily sign contracts with film distributors, putting it on a professional footing and heralding a new chapter in the 68-seat venue's life.
The campaigners successfully fought to reopen the cinema, in the Croydon Clocktower, after it was shut down by the council in April 2011.
They began screening films at the cinema in March 2014.
John Ingman, campaign secretary, said: "The change will make it easier to operate the campaign bank account and make contracts with film distributors and other suppliers.
"Moreover, we can now employ staff which should enable us to expand further the campaign's activities, although much of our work will continue to be done by volunteers."
To form the company, the campaign had to pass a Government test to demonstrate the benefits of its activities.
The group, staffed entirely by volunteers, typically screen between nine and 15 films a month.
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