UK JEWISH FILM LTD

Registered charity 1072914 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRIGHTON JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL LTD, UK JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL LTD

The charity's objects are, through films, to build an understanding across communities, combat anti Semitism, racism and educate audiences across the UK about Jewish culture and heritage. This is achieved by screening of Jewish themed films across the UK, an annual film festival and educational projects all year-round. The charity also offers Holocaust education workshops for schools and colleges.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PUBLIC IN SUBJECTS SUCH AS ANTI-SEMITISM, THE HOLOCAUST OF THE JEWS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR, THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF JUDAISM AND JEWISH COMMUNITIES AND IN RELATED TOPICS, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE PUBLIC SCREENING OF FILMS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £486,282 from £386,745 in the prior year, resulting in a net surplus of £67,795. Unrestricted reserves rose to £139,053, which is above the stated policy target of £60,000, and the trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Insolvency history (Companies House)

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03360075 · Financial health read from its filings
• Trading subsidiary: UK SERVICES LIMITED Companies House 07262213

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Dangoor — “Dangoor UKJF Short Doc Fund – 2026 Winners! We are thrilled to announce our Dangoor UKJF Short Doc Fund 2026 winners” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• SAMUELSON, Robert — director, appointed 29/06/2021on trustee list
• MERCIER, Christophe — director, appointed 23/03/2021on trustee list
• BARCLAY, Jane Eva — director, appointed 23/03/2021on trustee list
• PINS, Anthony David — director, appointed 02/10/2019on trustee list
• ROSENCRANTZ, Claudia Emma — director, appointed 02/10/2019on trustee list
• JOSEPH, Anne — director, appointed 20/02/2018on trustee list
• GRUDER, Jeffrey Nigel — director, appointed 20/02/2018on trustee list
• ETHERTON, Michael Robert — director, appointed 22/04/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne Joseph
• Anthony David Pins
• Christophe Mercier
• Claudia Emma Rosencrantz
• JUDY IRONSIDE
• Jane Barclay
• Jeffrey Nigel Gruder
• MICHAEL ETHERTON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Samuelson

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HADERECH.

• HADERECH income £151k
• WATERSPRITE FILM FESTIVAL LTD income £139k
• UKLFI CHARITABLE TRUST income £832k
• 4 CHARITY FOUNDATION income £1.4m
• PARTNERSHIP FOR JEWISH SCHOOLS LIMITED income £1.3m
• Jewish Literary Foundation income £462k

Side by side with its peers

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