SCREENSKILLS LIMITED
Registered charity 1015324 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CREATIVE SKILLSET - SECTOR SKILLS COUNCIL LIMITED, SKILLSET, SKILLSET SECTOR SKILLS COUNCIL · also registered in Scotland as SC039556 (OSCR)
We are the industry-led skills body for the UK?s screen-based creative industries, including film, high end and other television, VFX, animation and games.We work across the UK with employers, individuals, learning/training providers, trade associations, unions and government to ensure the screen industries have the skilled workforce they need. We identify training needs and help tackle them.
Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income increased to £17.45m, driven by a 36% rise in Skills Funds contributions. The charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £1.86m, which is above the stated target of £1.2m, and maintains a cash balance of £18.25m to meet current liabilities. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate and there are no material uncertainties regarding the organization's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £1.2m (held: £1.9m)
“The Committee’s view is that the base amount of funds to be held as unrestricted ‘free reserves’ by ScreenSkills - defined as unrestricted reserves, excluding fixed assets - should be in the region of £1.2m.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Skills fund contributions are received from entities in which ScreenSkills Trustees and members of the various skills councils are employees/directors. These transactions are undertaken on the same terms as all other entities therefore they have not been disclosed here.
“Skills fund contributions are received from entities in which ScreenSkills Trustees and members of the various skills councils are employees/directors. These transactions are undertaken on the same terms as all other entities therefore they have not been disclosed here.” — page 55
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (87% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
- Alex Pumfrey
- Dr Anna Celia Mallett · trustee of 1 other charity
- Dr Leon Hawthorne
- Fiona Michelle Clarke
- Helen Jane Northrop
- Joanna Rwama
- MELANIE SULLIVAN
- Philippa Jane Childs
- Sachin Dosani
- Sarah Monteith · trustee of 1 other charity
- Stephen O'Donnell
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SCREENSKILLS LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £17.45m, driven by a 36% rise in Skills Funds contributions. The charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £1.86m, which is above the stated target of £1.2m, and maintains a cash balance of £18.25m to meet current liabilities. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate and there are no material uncertainties regarding the organization's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.
Who funds SCREENSKILLS LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SCREENSKILLS LIMITED as a grant recipient include FILM LONDON.
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