THE BRITISH FEDERATION OF FILM SOCIETIES — grant history

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Latest income

£279k

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

—

Accounts grants total

£177k

extracted from its FY2025 accounts

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded

Accommodation/housing (1 grantee)
Arts/culture/heritage/science (1 grantee)
Disability (1 grantee)
Economic/community Development/employment (1 grantee)
Education/training (1 grantee)
Environment/conservation/heritage (1 grantee)
General Charitable Purposes (1 grantee)
Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity (1 grantee)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Northern Ireland (1 grantee)
Scotland (1 grantee)
Throughout England And Wales (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2022 → FY2023

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings we have read. A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

Change	Grantee	FY2022	FY2023
new	BFI Audience Fund	—	£160k
new	Esmee Fairbairn Foundation - cost of living	—	£28k
new	ESMEE FAIRBAIRN FOUNDATION	—	£20k
new	Postcode Lottery Neighbourhood Trust	—	£20k
new	BFI Film Audience Network (FAN)	—	£11k
new	Others - BFI Major Seasons, Filmbankmedia	—	£9k
new	Regional Screen Scotland	—	£3k
new	Arnold Clark Lottery Grant	—	£1k
not listed	Postcode Lottery Neighbourhood	£20k	—
not listed	Arnold Clark Community Fund	£1k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
BFI Audience Fund	FY2023	£160k	Grant Income
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation - cost of living	FY2023	£28k	Grant Income
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation	FY2023	£20k	Grant Income
Postcode Lottery Neighbourhood Trust	FY2023	£20k	Grant Income
BFI Film Audience Network (FAN)	FY2023	£11k	Grant Income
Others - BFI Major Seasons, Filmbankmedia	FY2023	£9k	Grant Income
Regional Screen Scotland	FY2023	£3k	Grant Income
Arnold Clark Lottery Grant	FY2023	£1k	Grant Income
Postcode Lottery Neighbourhood	FY2022	£20k	Grant to cover core costs
Arnold Clark Community Fund	FY2022	£1k	Grant received

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (no individually listed grants). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder and want a correction, contact us.