Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 7

THE INDEPENDENT FILM TRUST

The IFT acts to advance the cause of independent filmmaking, for instance by encouraging emerging talent through the provision of training scholarships, and by helping the disadvantaged through training in various aspects of filmmaking.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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
30/09/22	*	£238	£214	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
30/09/21		£256	£266	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
30/09/20		£95	£85	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
30/09/19		£77	£74	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	200
30/09/18		£38	£41	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/17		£98	£98	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/16		£120	£120	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/15		£133	£133	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/14		£142	£131	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/13		£105	£113	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/12		£62	£64	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/11	*	£187	£180	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/10		£35	£34	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/09		£34	£25	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/08		£8	£6	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/07	*	£2	£1	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/06		£0	£1	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/05	*	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 20 years

www.independentfilmtrust.org

enquiry@independentfilmtrust.org

07812007093

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

GiG Classification

Grant-making foundations

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 volunteers

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
DCMS - CRF20: Independent Film Trust
£173,000	14/10/2020	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - Visual Arts Recovery
£88,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Visual Arts Recovery
£52,916	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
National Lottery Community Fund - Inside Homelessness Project
£9,900	26/09/2019 12	Inside Homelessness Project
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Independent Film Trust (IFT)
£49,400	06/12/2018	70 Years on Coldharbour
National Lottery Community Fund - Locked in the Pen
£9,900	04/06/2018 12	The project will run a series of workshops based on film production and writing, to build a practical bridge of communication between ex-offenders and their local community. By connecting probation ....more The project will run a series of workshops based on film production and writing, to build a practical bridge of communication between ex-offenders and their local community. By connecting probation service users with other sections of the community ex-offenders will expand their support network and better understand the impact of their offending behaviour.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Independent Film Trust (IFT)
£10,000	13/06/2017	Recounting The Arctic Convoys

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-50

PAUL THOMAS FLYNN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Head Of Development, Partnerships And Patrons

DAVID JOBANPUTRA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Head Of Production

LYDIA AGBOBIDI (Chair) Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Life Coach

STEPHANIE CHARMAIL-LAKHANI Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Head Of Production

SOUMYA SINGH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Head Of Hr Consulting, Other trusteeship: ANTI-SLAVERY INTERNATIONAL,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/09/2004, number: 1105749
Registered at Companies House on 22/06/2004, number: 05159589

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

18 returns made; AR22: 1 days late, AR11: 0 days late, AR07: 22 days late, AR05: 92 days late,

Main office

International House
6th Floor
6 Canterbury Crescent
London
SW9 7QE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE CINEMATOGRAPHIC ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROMOTE ORIGINAL AND CREATIVE WORK OF CULTURAL MERIT IN THE FIELD OF FILM PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

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