BRISTOL PALESTINE FILM FESTIVAL

Registered charity 1178457 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Bristol Palestine Film Festival organises an annual festival of films from or about Palestine, or made by Palestinian film-makers. The festival is centred in Bristol and the South West of England and usually takes place in December, with extra events occasionally taking place at other times. The festival also includes other art forms such as music, dance, theatre, writing or visual arts.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE ARTS AND CULTURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY PROMOTING FILM AND OTHER ART FORMS, WITH PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE, REFERENCE TO FILMS ORIGINATING FROM OR ABOUT PALESTINE.

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: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £4,404 for the 2024-25 financial year, driven by strong box office revenue and higher-than-expected grants. The trustees report holding reserves of £21,713 to fund future festivals and outreach activities, noting that the charity operates on a cash basis with no significant risks identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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)

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• ALISON STEELE
• ALIX HUGHES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Adam Robert Dale Nelson
• KARENA BATSTONE
• Rima Cotran
• Sally Azzam
• Steph Ellis Read

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

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