Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 3

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 12

THE BRITISH FEDERATION OF FILM SOCIETIES

To support, sustain and develop the community cinema movement in the UK and to deliver public value to community cinema audiences throughout the UK.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£307	£337	£-30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/22		£272	£248	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/21		£263	£273	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/20		£266	£317	£-51	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/19		£338	£338	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
31/03/18		£266	£227	£39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£269	£280	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£284	£260	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£298	£236	£62	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£153	£157	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£163	£139	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£153	£94	£58	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£105	£90	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£123	£108	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£135	£144	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£84	£84	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£67	£89	£-23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£30	£131	£-100	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£152	£134	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£116	£124	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 46 years

www.cinemaforall.org.uk

info@cinemaforall.org.uk

01142210314

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Community services

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to British Federation of Film Societies (Cinema For All)
£2,800	13/02/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to British Federation of Film Societies (Cinema For All)
£14,000	12/05/2020 6	towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to British Federation of Film Societies (Cinema For All)
£84,000	22/10/2019 36	Towards core costs to support the organisation’s strategic work building the capacity of communities to run their own cinemas in underserved locations.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to British Federation of Film Societies (Cinema For All)
£25,085	17/03/2014	Towards costs associated with increasing the diversity of community cinema audiences, volunteers and programmers in Scotland, North West and South West England.
Tudor Trust - Grant to British Federation of Film Societies
£70,000	18/08/2013	over eighteen months towards a new post, and equipment, to develop and strengthen community cinema in three specific areas of the UK
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to British Federation of Film Societies (Cinema For All)
£70,000	22/09/2011	Towards the salary of the managing director.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 29-73

ANDREW ORMSTON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Business Consultant

BENJAMIN MARK JOHNSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: General Manager

CARMEN CHLOIE PADDOCK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Publications Editor

JULIE MARIE ROBERTS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Customer Service Manager

PATRICK FRANCIS CAMPBELL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Group Treasurer

PAULA STOTT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Active Retirement

RICO RAYMOND KEVIN LLOYD JOHNSON-SINCLAIR Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Race Equality Lead

RUI JIN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Programmer & Film Marketing Specialis

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/11/1978, number: 276633
Registered at Companies House on 27/09/1978, number: 01391200

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
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
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
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

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR13: 23 days late, AR12: 388 days late, AR09: 1 days late, AR06: 9 days late, AR04: 40 days late,

Main office

BFFS
UNIT 411 THE WORKSTATION
15 PATERNOSTER ROW
SHEFFIELD
S1 2BX

Objectives

1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF AND TO ENCOURAGE THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC IN FILM AS AN ART AND AS A MEDIUM FOR INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL ENLIGHTENMENT; AND 2) TO PROMOTE THE STUDY AND APPRECIATION OF FILMS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

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