SOMERSET FILM AND VIDEO LTD
Registered charity 1095587 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Digital and media film development agency: community media centre; open to public three days per week for facilities, equipment and tuition; offering a wide range of film and digital media services to the public either free of charge or at affordable rates; running training courses; working with hard to reach groups; working with local schools and colleges and community groups
Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £10,225 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £918,980 to £908,755. However, the trustees confirm that the charity has continued to secure funding and maintains an adequate level of free income reserves, with unrestricted funds held at £904,151. The financial position is supported by significant tangible fixed assets valued at £824,110, primarily related to property improvements.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months running costs plus redundancy costs (held: £904k)
“The trustees have a reserves policy based on the running costs of the organisation. They have set to increase the value of that reserve year on year until such time as it equates to three months running costs plus redundancy costs.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered titlein England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £48k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)
Cost of raising funds
£19k
Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (17/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- David Terry Pearce
- Dylan Paul Martlew
- Irena Gaetana Hubble-Brezowski
- JAMES GODMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
- Pauline Annette Burr · trustee of 1 other charity
- Richard Paul Goodenough
- Robert Charles Franklin
- SUSAN MARY ISHERWOOD · trustee of 2 other charities
- Thomas James P Barnes
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Devon · Dorset · Somerset
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SOMERSET FILM AND VIDEO LTD financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £10,225 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £918,980 to £908,755. However, the trustees confirm that the charity has continued to secure funding and maintains an adequate level of free income reserves, with unrestricted funds held at £904,151. The financial position is supported by significant tangible fixed assets valued at £824,110, primarily related to property improvements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds SOMERSET FILM AND VIDEO LTD?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SOMERSET FILM AND VIDEO LTD as a grant recipient include SOMERSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
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