CAMBRIDGE FILM TRUST

Registered charity 1120059 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Cambridge Film Trust fosters film culture and education in Cambridge and the Eastern region but also throughout the UK. We deliver a portfolio of screenings, special events and tailor-made projects enabling people to be moved by, learn about and interact with film. The highlight of our programme is the Cambridge Film Festival, one of the most innovative events of its kind in the country.

Objects

3.1) TO PROMOTE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN APPRECIATION OF AND EDUCATION IN:3.1.1) THE ART, CRAFT, TECHNOLOGY AND THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE OF FILM AND VIDEO INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION CONTEMPORARY AND HISTORICAL, LOCAL, NATIONAL AND WORLD CINEMA; AND3.1.2) THE THEORY, HISTORY, AESTHETICS AND PRACTICE OF FILM AND VIDEO MAKING AND THE FILM AND VIDEO INDUSTRIES AND THE ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES OF FILM AND VIDEO JOURNALISM, PUBLISHING AND DISTRIBUTION BOTH BY AND FOR THE PUBLIC AND BY AND FOR PUPILS, STUDENTS, RESEARCHERS AND TEACHING STAFF AT SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE COUNTY OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE;3.2) TO PROMOTE APPRECIATION OF AND EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN FILM AND VIDEO AND OTHER OBJECTS BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH UNDERTAKING, FACILITATING AND/OR PROMOTING THE PRESERVATION OF FILM AND VIDEO AND/OR THROUGH PROVIDING OR ASSISTING WITH THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC SCREENINGS OF FILM AND VIDEO;3.3) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS AND THE COMPANY'S POWERS THE TERM "FILM AND VIDEO" SHALL BE TAKEN TO MEAN ALL FORMS, METHODS AND MEDIA FOR CREATION, STORAGE, REPRODUCTION, PROJECTION, DISPLAY OR PREVENTION OF MOVING IMAGES (WITH OR WITHOUT ACCOMPANYING SOUND AND INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION FILM, VIDEO AND DIGITAL VERSATILE DISC (DVD) AS EXIST NOW OR MAY IN THE FUTURE COME INTO EXISTENCE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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

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Registered contact address: Cambridge, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £14,092 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £346. The trustees consider this reserve level appropriate against their policy target of £8,000 to £25,000, citing the bulk of income is received in the final quarter of the year. They maintain a going concern basis, expressing confidence in the charity's ability to meet obligations as they fall due.

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

What the accounts disclose

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Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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 04199742

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.

• SPAGOLLA VOLPI NETTO, Oleno — director, appointed 09/06/2025not on trustee list
• FARUQI, Nasheed (Qamar) — director, appointed 09/06/2025on trustee list
• FOLEY, Nicola — director, appointed 09/06/2025on trustee list
• GOLDMAN, Rowena Julia — director, appointed 09/06/2025on trustee list
• WATSON, Richard — director, appointed 09/06/2025on trustee list
• KNIGHT, Rachel — director, appointed 09/06/2025on trustee list
• KENDALL, Tina, Dr — director, appointed 31/03/2025on trustee list
• MAGUIRE, Geoffrey William, Dr — director, appointed 01/05/2024on trustee list
• WEBB, Matthew David — director, appointed 21/09/2018on trustee list
• O'BRIEN, Michael — director, appointed 27/08/2018on trustee list
• JONES, Simon Rolf — director, appointed 18/03/2016on trustee list
• JONES, Anthony John — director, appointed 12/04/2001on trustee list

Official officers record.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Simon Rolf Joneschair
• ANTHONY JOHN JONES
• Dr Tina Kendall
• GEOFFREY WILLIAM MAGUIRE
• Matthew David Webb
• Michael O'Brien
• Nasheed Qamar Faruqi · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicola Foley
• Oleno Spagolla Volpi Netto
• Rachel Knight
• Richard Watson
• Rowena Goldman

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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• CAMBRIDGE THEATRE TRUST income £133k
• CAMBRIDGE LITERARY FESTIVAL income £485k
• THE CAMBRIDGE ARTS THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £19.3m
• CAMBRIDGE MUSEUM OF TECHNOLOGY income £141k
• BFI TRUST income £2.0m
• WATERSPRITE FILM FESTIVAL LTD income £139k

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