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Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 8
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

DOC SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST

The charity's objects include:- To advance the education of the public in the subject of documentary film;- To advance the education of children and young people by developing and promoting the use ofdocumentary film as a learning resource in education institutions;- To advance the arts and culture by promoting high standards of creativity in the making of documentary film.
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Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£332£288£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£15£597£-582n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£888£234£654£0£666£30.200
31/03/20£365£373£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£63£106£-44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£170£175£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£106£80£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£232£204£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£138£295£-157n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£260£86£174n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 12 years

hello@docsociety.org

02075349626

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Netherlands, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
Esmee Fairbairn£200,000
Joseph Rowntree Foundation£89,985
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch£50,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch - Climate Reframe
£50,000 16/10/2023
One year of core funding to support Climate Reframe’s growing network of UK-based people of colour working to reframe climate action and elevating the voices of people of colour in the climate movement and media.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Doc Society
£200,000 21/10/2020
24
Towards Core costs The work planned includes training and mentoring for a cohort of climate storytelling made by and about communities currently disenfranchised from the climate debate.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Doc Society
£89,985 10/07/2020
6
Putting the Colour in Climate
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Doc Society
£50,000 12/07/2019
7
Mothers of Invention podcast, season 2
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The BRITDOC Charitable Trust
£45,000 16/11/2015
24
Towards the salary of the doc academy manager and a contribution towards an evaluation.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The BRITDOC Charitable Trust
£30,000 22/10/2013
Towards the development and expansion of the Doc Academy, an online platform that makes an extensive catalogue of documentary films available to secondary schools as supplementary learning resources.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The BRITDOC Charitable Trust
£30,000 16/06/2009
12
Towards Project costs Towards the direct costs of evaluating the impact of The End of the Line.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 31-61
  • DILHANI PRANILA WIJEYESEKERA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Social Justice And Fund Consultant
  • FATIMA AHMED MOHAMED IBRAHIM Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Non-Profit Executive
  • MATTHEW ADEDAYO ABIMBOLA AJANAKU Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Artistic Director, Bounce Cinema
  • PETER NOORLANDER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Legal Officer
  • ROBERT DEAN JOSEPH BERKELEY (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Policy Officer
  • SANDRA WHIPHAM Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director
  • SHANIDA ANNIKA SCOTLAND Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director
  • STEPHEN PHILIP DUNBAR JOHNSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: President, International
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/05/2013, number: 1151870
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/03/2013, number: 08446956
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
10 returns made; AR16: 35 days late,
Main office

Doc Society
Studio 9
2 Arundel Street
London
WC2R 3DA

Objectives

1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF DOCUMENTARY FILM, IN PARTICULAR BY PROMOTING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF DOCUMENTARY FILM AND ITS CAPACITY TO RAISE AWARENESS OF SOCIAL, HISTORICAL AND OTHER ISSUES;2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING AND PROMOTING THE USE OF DOCUMENTARY FILM AS A LEARNING RESOURCE IN SCHOOLS AND FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS;3) TO ADVANCE THE ARTS AND CULTURE BY PROMOTING HIGH STANDARDS OF CREATIVITY IN THE MAKING OF DOCUMENTARY FILM;4) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY IDENTIFYING, HARNESSING AND DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY OF DOCUMENTARY FILM TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY CONFLICT OR OTHER SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

INTERNATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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