FILM LONDON

Registered charity 1163968 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q5448950 · Wikipedia · also known as FILM LONDON LIMITED

Film London?s objects are for the public benefit to:Promote and advance the visual arts, most particularly the arts of film, television and the moving imageProvide education and training in the art and production of film, television and the moving image

Objects

4.1 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO:4.1.1 PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE VISUAL ARTS, MOST PARTICULARLY THE ARTS OF FILM, TELEVISION AND THE MOVING IMAGE, INCLUDING THROUGH(A) THE PROMOTION OF ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL EXCELLENCE IN THE FILM, TELEVISION AND MOVING IMAGE INDUSTRIES;(B) THE ESTABLISHMENT AND PRESERVATION OF COLLECTIONS REFLECTING THE FILM, TELEVISION AND MOVING IMAGE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF LONDON AND GREAT BRITAIN; AND(C) FACILITATING THE CREATION OF AUDIO-VISUAL CONTENT OF ARTISTIC MERIT IN FILM, TELEVISION AND MOVING IMAGE CONTENT BY REFERENCE TO THE CULTURE, HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF LONDON AND GREAT BRITAIN;4.1.2 PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ART AND PRODUCTION OF FILM, TELEVISION AND THE MOVING IMAGE, INCLUDING THROUGH:(A) THE CULTIVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC TASTE IN FILM, TELEVISION AND THE MOVING IMAGE;(B) THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE PRODUCTION WORK IN FILM, TELEVISION AND THE MOVING IMAGE; AND(C) THE PROMOTION OF A HIGH STANDARD OF ARTISTRY, CREATIVITY AND TECHNIQUE IN PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE PRODUCTION OF FILM, TELEVISION AND THE MOVING IMAGE."

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: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total incoming resources and total expended resources both increased by 11% to £7.4m, resulting in a net income of £10,107. The charity reports free reserves of £998k, which the trustees confirm falls in line with their policy requirements to cover liabilities and working capital needs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. 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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04699825

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Adrian Wootton OBE — Chief Executive (source)

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.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Mayor of London — “Film London is supported by Mayor of London” (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.

• TAYLOR, Tamzin Sarah — director, appointed 06/05/2026on trustee list
• MONTEITH, Sarah Juliette — director, appointed 06/05/2026on trustee list
• GHARORO-AKPOJOTOR, Aghogho — director, appointed 06/05/2026on trustee list
• MCKEEN, Julie Anne — director, appointed 25/11/2025on trustee list
• USHER, Natalie Jane — director, appointed 05/02/2025on trustee list
• STANBURY, Victoria Paula — director, appointed 05/02/2025on trustee list
• MOORE, Jane Elizabeth — director, appointed 05/02/2025on trustee list
• SAHATHEVAN, Priya Dharshini — director, appointed 02/02/2025on trustee list
• MCGHEE, Bennett — director, appointed 08/02/2023on trustee list
• MEEK, Oliver James Alan — director, appointed 02/02/2022on trustee list
• GABEREAU, Eve Jeanne — director, appointed 02/02/2022on trustee list
• MOSELEY, Hamish Robert — director, appointed 02/02/2022on trustee list
• YIP, Nicole — director, appointed 29/09/2021on trustee list
• PENFOLD, Daniel Liam — director, appointed 29/09/2021on trustee list
• GRAYDON, John Anthony — director, appointed 28/11/2018on trustee list
• BATTSEK, Daniel David Alfred — director, appointed 27/09/2017on trustee list
• KIRCHNER, Daniela Katharina Caroline — secretary, appointed 12/06/2003

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aghogho Gharoro-Akpojotor
• Bennett McGhee Mr
• Daniel Battsek
• Daniel Penfold
• Eve Gabereau
• Hamish Robert Moseley
• Jane Moore
• John Anthony Graydon · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julie Anne McKeen
• Natalie Jane Usher
• Nicole Yip
• Oliver James Alan Meek
• Priya Dharshini Sahathevan
• Sarah Monteith · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tamzin Taylor
• Victoria Paula Stanbury

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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.

• Sarah Monteith — trustee here and at SCREENSKILLS LIMITED

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LONDON FILM SCHOOL LIMITED.

• LONDON FILM SCHOOL LIMITED income £7.9m
• LEIGH FILM SOCIETY C.I.O. income £98k
• WATERSPRITE FILM FESTIVAL LTD income £139k
• UK JEWISH FILM LTD income £486k
• MEDICAL AID FILMS LIMITED income £84k
• LUX income £846k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.