BRIGHTON PHOTO FRINGE

Registered charity 1148109 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BPF

BPF provides a support network and accessible opportunities for early-career, lens-based artists and curators in south east England. BPF promotes outstanding new talent, encouraging ambition and fostering creative entrepreneurship amongst its growing networks. BPF delivers a biennial festival in Brighton & Hove as well as year-round public engagement and artist support programmes.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND LENS BASED MEDIA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ORGANISING A BIENNIAL PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL IN BRIGHTON AND HOVE AND OTHER SIMILAR ACTIVITIES.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus on unrestricted activities of £5,323, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £6,919. The trustees acknowledge that the charity has no staff costs and relies heavily on restricted grants, such as the £29,990 from Arts Council England, to fund its charitable activities.

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.

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
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rebecca Drewchair
• Beth Troakes
• Christine Santa Ana
• Murray Anderson Ballard
• Rachel Rogers
• Russell Watkins

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · Portsmouth City · Throughout London · West Sussex

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).