FACT Liverpool

Registered charity 702781 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as F A C T, FACT, FILM ART AND CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY, THE FOUNDATION FOR ART AND CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY

FACT provides a range of activities including an exhibition programme including installations, screenings, etc by artists working with digital and visual arts media; a collaboration programme working with local communities; a range of moving image and new media resource services that support the arts sector; education and training initiatives for a range of audiences; and a research programme.

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Latest income

£1.9m

Latest spending

£2.1m

Registered

1990

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure on unrestricted funds of £212,896 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a net income in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £379,615, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover three months of operating costs and mitigate financial shocks.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“The number of employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000 is as follows: £60,001 to £70,000” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of operating costs (held: £380k)

“The trustees have agreed a financial policy to keep free reserves at a level that will cover three months of operating costs.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by DSG Audit. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Dr Nicola Triscott — Chief Executive Officer (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).

Arts Council England — “We are proud to be part of Arts Council England’s National Portfolio” (source page)

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

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

Total income

£1.9m

Total spending

£2.1m

Cost of raising funds

£93k

Reserves (reported)

£380k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (60% 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: 4.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Katie Moffatchair
Alison Lacy
Baff Akoto
Iain Bennett
Maleka Egeonu-Roby
Mary Catrina Hewitson
Paul Moore
Ruth Elizabeth Catlow
Sheralee Lockhart
Simon Drysdale
Thomas James Harris

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

Operates in: Knowsley · Liverpool City · Manchester City · Sefton · St Helens · Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.9m	£2.1m
31/03/2024	£2.2m	£2.2m
31/03/2023	£2.0m	£2.1m
31/03/2022	£2.0m	£1.4m
31/03/2021	£1.7m	£1.6m

Common questions

Is FACT Liverpool financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure on unrestricted funds of £212,896 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a net income in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £379,615, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover three months of operating costs and mitigate financial shocks. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by DSG Audit.

What does the highest-paid employee of FACT Liverpool earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band.

Who funds FACT Liverpool?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FACT Liverpool as a grant recipient include THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, THE FENTON ARTS TRUST, MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HEMBY CHARITABLE TRUST, HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	FY2024	£302k	Towards two new posts of Producer and Technologist, business development consultancy, venue facility upgrades and a new CRM.
THE FENTON ARTS TRUST	FY2025	£5k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k
THE HEMBY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	£2k
HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATION	FY2024	£0

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	20/10/2022	£1.0m	National Portfolio Organisations
UK government	20/10/2022	£1.0m	National Portfolio Organisations
UK government	13/12/2021	£1.0m	National Portfolio Organisations
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	26/09/2019	£10k	"Why can't we do this IRL?"
The National Lottery Community Fund	06/04/2016	£7k	The Barometer of my Heart: The Simplicity of Truth
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/01/2015	£57k	"Tagging Community Heritage: an alternative digital heritage trail of Liverpool's communities"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	25/10/2012	£10k	"Mobile Memories and Lost Communities"
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/06/2008	£4k	Sonic Boom
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/10/2006	£6k	Outside the Box

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
REUBEN FOUNDATION	1	£120k
THE DORFMAN FOUNDATION	1	£102k
THE DAVID LEAN FOUNDATION	1	£55k
UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation	1	£53k
THE HAWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£38k
Brian Mercer Trust	1	£36k
THE AMPERSAND FOUNDATION	1	£20k
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£7k

Charities like this

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

FREEDOM FESTIVAL ARTS TRUST income £747k
SOMERSET FILM AND VIDEO LTD income £356k
INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FOUNDATION & FESTIVALS income £231k
FIRSTSITE LIMITED income £2.4m
SIGNAL FILM & MEDIA LIMITED income £1.5m
CASTLEFIELD GALLERY income £671k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FACT Liverpool	£1.9m	£60,001 - £70,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FREEDOM FESTIVAL ARTS TRUST FY2025	£747k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
SOMERSET FILM AND VIDEO LTD FY2025	£356k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FOUNDATION & FESTIVALS FY2024	£231k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
FIRSTSITE LIMITED FY2025	£2.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SIGNAL FILM & MEDIA LIMITED FY2025	£1.5m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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