Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

WATERSPRITE FILM FESTIVAL LTD

The charity advances education and promotes learning and creative collaboration with the public, with a particular reference to the making and distribution of film, television and other art forms of the moving image. We promote these arts amongst young people and emerging talent by holding film festivals and public screenings, operating both in the United Kingdom and internationally.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/08/23*£66£63£3n/a
31/08/22£71£78£-7n/a
31/08/21£35£37£-2n/a
31/08/20£105£102£3n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years
(11 years as a company)

https://www.watersprite.org.uk/

producer@watersprite.org.uk

02078511300

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire, City Of Westminster,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£6,000 04/02/2020
towards Speech to Text Transcription and other disability access provision at Watersprite Film Festival

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 30-72
  • BERNADETTE SCHRAMM Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Film Producer
  • BRIAN WOODS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Tv Producer
  • DOROTHY BYRNE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: President Murray Edwards College
  • FARHANA BHULA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Senior Commissioning Executive
  • HILARY BEVAN JONES (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: None
  • OLUFEMI LADEINDE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director Of Finance
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/04/2019, number: 1182779
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/08/2013, number: 08667207
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
4 returns made; AR23: 71 days late,
Main office

WATERSPRITE FILM FESTVAL
20 GREEK STREET
LONDON
W1D 4DU

Objectives

THE CHARITYÆS OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC (WITH A PARTICULAR BUT NON-EXCLUSIVE FOCUS ON YOUNG PEOPLE AND EMERGING TALENT), BOTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND INTERNATIONALLY:1. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION THROUGH (WITHOUT LIMITATION) PROMOTING LEARNING AND CREATIVE COLLABORATION WITH THE PUBLIC, WITH A PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE MAKING AND DISTRIBUTION OF FILM, TELEVISION AND OTHER ART FORMS OF THE MOVING IMAGE; AND2. TO PROMOTE THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT LIMITATION) THROUGH PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO INSPIRE AND RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT FILM AND OTHER ART FORMS OF THE MOVING IMAGE, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH HOLDING FILM FESTIVALS AND PUBLIC SCREENINGS.NOTHING IN THE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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