FILM LONDON

Registered charity 1163968 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FILM LONDON LIMITED

Latest income
£7.4m
Latest spending
£7.4m
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that total incoming resources increased by 2.7% to £6.5m, while total expended resources rose by 1.8% to £6.4m, resulting in a net income of £64,408. The charity reports free unrestricted reserves of £942,098, which the Trustees confirm falls in line with their stated requirements for financial stability. The Trustees and auditors confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: falls in line with our requirements (held: £942k)
In 2022/23, we have free reserves of £942k, which falls in line with our requirements (2021/22: £890.3k).
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£7.4m
Total spending
£7.4m
Cost of raising funds
£234k
Reserves (reported)
£998k
Employees
65

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£7.4m£7.4m
31/03/2024£6.7m£6.7m
31/03/2023£6.5m£6.4m
31/03/2022£6.3m£6.3m
31/03/2021£6.4m£6.3m

Common questions

Is FILM LONDON financially healthy?

The accounts state that total incoming resources increased by 2.7% to £6.5m, while total expended resources rose by 1.8% to £6.4m, resulting in a net income of £64,408. The charity reports free unrestricted reserves of £942,098, which the Trustees confirm falls in line with their stated requirements for financial stability. The Trustees and auditors confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

Who funds FILM LONDON?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FILM LONDON as a grant recipient include SCREENSKILLS LIMITED, THE FENTON ARTS TRUST.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmount
SCREENSKILLS LIMITEDFY2022£51k
THE FENTON ARTS TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE FENTON ARTS TRUSTFY2025£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/12/2022£25k"Explore: LondonÂ’s Screen Archives (Film London)"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/03/2018£137k"LondonÂ’s Screen Archives: Building a Resilient Network"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund13/03/2012£526k"London - A Bigger Picture"

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