LEARNING ON SCREEN - THE BRITISH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES FILM AND VIDEO COUNCIL

Registered charity 313582 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRITISH UNIVERSITIES FILM AND VIDEO COUNCIL, BUFVC

the advancement of education by promoting the production, study and use of moving image, sound and related media within education and research for the public benefit

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £124,251 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £550,474. Per the trustees' report, reserves stood at £368,725, which is below the stated policy target range of £500,000–£600,000. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00955348

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.

• MAYDON, Kathryn Violet — director, appointed 06/12/2024on trustee list
• LOUKOPOULOU, Katerina, Dr. — director, appointed 30/01/2024on trustee list
• MCATEER, James Joseph, Mr. — director, appointed 14/12/2023on trustee list
• DRAPER, Carl Francis — director, appointed 31/01/2019on trustee list
• WILLMOTT, Christopher John Rowan — director, appointed 15/12/2008not on trustee list
• SHEARS, Jonathan Ernest Malcolm — director, appointed 14/12/2007not on trustee list
• ELLIS, John Cyril Paget — director, appointed 16/12/2005on trustee list
• WELFORD, Sarah — secretary, appointed 25/09/2025

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• PROFESSOR JOHN CYRIL PAGET ELLISchair
• Carl Francis Draper
• DR CHRIS WILLMOTT
• Dr Katerina Loukopoulou
• Dr Rebecca Feasey
• Jacob Nathan Berger
• James Joseph McAteer
• MR JON SHEARS

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BFI TRUST.

• BFI TRUST income £2.0m
• BERWICK FILM & MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL income £339k
• THE BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM AND TELEVISION ARTS income £29.3m
• THE BRITISH FEDERATION OF FILM SOCIETIES income £279k
• THE FILM AND TELEVISION CHARITY income £2.7m
• BRITISH ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR INDEPENDENT FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION income £782k

Side by side with its peers

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