Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

SIGNAL FILM & MEDIA LIMITED 

a) Providing a centre for arts and creative industries where local residents, particularly those from disadvantaged groups, can access facilities and activities to develop skills in a diverse range of creative, media and arts disciplinesb) Providing premises, space and activities for local front-line groups, to support media production and the creative and artistic development of local people.
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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 11 years
(15 years as a company)

www.signalfilmandmedia.co.uk

info@signalfilmandmedia.co.uk

01229838592

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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£445£522£-77n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/22£492£518£-26n/an/an/an/an/a41
31/03/21£502£350£152£0£289£1214.1340
31/03/20£434£326£108n/an/an/an/an/a45
31/03/19*£271£276£-4n/an/an/an/an/a32
31/03/18£247£281£-34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£237£250£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£238£246£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£171£255£-84£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£402£233£168£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cumbria, Lancashire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 20 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£581,152
National Lottery Heritage Fund£250,000
Esmee Fairbairn£148,000
BBC Children in Need£93,164
Tudor Trust£77,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£60,000
People's Health Trust£30,873
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Cooke's Crew
£9,370 02/06/2023
The funding will be used to deliver a film and media project aimed at young disadvantaged people. The project aims to provide young people with the opportunity to learn new skills forge friendships ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Signal Film and Media Limited
£250,000 16/03/2023
#DYC Lives through the Lens: The Sankey Photographic Collection
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Signal Film & Media Limited
£8,000 27/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 18/03/2022
A cultural community, where talent is nurtured and people thrive
DCMS - Capital Investment Programme
£490,000 04/03/2022
The Capital Investment Programme is an open access programme to support cultural organisations to adjust buildings and equipment so that they can operate safely post-pandemic and improve access, ....more
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Emergency Resource Support
£64,152 01/03/2022
This fund aims to provide emergency funding awards to culturally significant organisations that were financially sustainable before Covid-19 but are now at imminent risk of failure and have exhausted ....more
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£25,000 08/02/2022
towards ‘Creative Nature: Digital Art & Nature for Wellbeing’ – a digital arts programme for underrepresented and marginalised residents from Barrow and Cumbria and supporting emerging ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Cooke's Crew
£9,511 19/11/2021
The project will use the funding to continue delivering creative media workshops for children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in Barrow. This will provide a film making programme ....more
Cumbria Community Foundation - Cooke's Crew
£16,154 27/10/2021
Cooke's Crew
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Signal Film & Media Limited
£120,000 31/08/2021
36
Towards unrestricted core costs to underpin the organisation’s work supporting Barrow-in-Furness to become a creative community where talent is nurtured and people thrive.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Signal Film & Media Ltd
£93,164 10/08/2021
This project will deliver creative digital media activities for children living in poverty and isolation in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria during the school holidays, leading to increased confidence, ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Signal Film and Media
£2,000 22/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Cumbria Community Foundation - Signal's Youth Collective
£3,000 07/10/2020
Signal's Youth Collective
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 12/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Cumbria Community Foundation - Staff, materials, IT costs
£10,000 15/07/2020
8
Staff, materials, IT costs
DCMS - BFI Film Academy Network
£17,000 08/07/2020
To support the British film industry with a range of activities, such as development, production, distribution, exhibition and education
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Signal Film and Media Ltd
£20,000 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Signal Film and Media
£10,000 03/02/2020
purchase of a new film editing suite for a charity which works with disadvantaged young people in Cumbria
Tudor Trust - Grant to Signal Film and Media
£75,000 16/12/2019
36
over three years towards the salary of a learning manager at a charity providing arts activities for marginalised young people and adults in Barrow-in-Furness
National Lottery Community Fund - Cookes' Crew
£9,920 18/10/2019
12
Cookes' Crew
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Signal Creatives
£60,000 14/10/2019
24
To explore how a year-round participatory arts programme can support young people experiencing disadvantage in Barrow and Cumbria to develop personal and digital skills and to improve employability.
People's Health Trust - Cooke's Crew
£30,873 22/08/2019
This 21-month project supported young people in Barrow-in-Furness to create their own creative digital film and media projects, talking about what mattered to them, and to learn new practical and ....more
DCMS - ALB - BFI - Education
£15,300 01/04/2019
hands-on filmmaking courses for 16-19 year olds, which aim to develop their knowledge and skills required to be part of the future of the UK film industry
Cumbria Community Foundation - Get Digital Film Academy
£3,000 11/10/2018
Get Digital Film Academy
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Signal Film and Media
£256,700 21/06/2018
Seeing the North with Sankey: Rescuing, sharing and celebrating a unique photographic archive
National Lottery Community Fund - Animate Autism
£10,000 07/06/2018
12
The group will deliver sessions in animation, photography & video editing for teenage girls who have complex needs, with the aim of improving skills and wellbeing.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Signal Film and Media Ltd
£120,000 21/11/2017
36
Towards the unrestricted core costs of an organisation that enables diverse communities to participate and learn digital film and media skills to develop social, educational and employment ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Signal Film & Media Ltd
£82,530 14/06/2017
36
This project "Signal Starters" will engage children and young people in creative media activities and film production during school holidays.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Signal Film and Media
£50,000 25/05/2017
Barrow Market History Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Barrow Boom! Young People Take the Lead
£10,000 03/08/2016
12
The organisation will use the funding to deliver a weekly programme of creative media skills training and personal development sessions to isolated and marginalised young people aged 11 to 16years ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Signal Film and Media
£50,000 08/06/2015
Recollecting Barrow’s Boom Years: Lost Journeys on the Furness Railway 1846 to 1970
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Signal Film and Media Ltd
£124,695 13/02/2014
Towards core costs to reduce social isolation, create cultural and social opportunities and provide employability skills through digital media and film.
National Lottery Community Fund - Barrow Digital Skills Project
£10,000 12/05/2011
12
This is a project by a registered company in Barrow-in-Furness to offer taster sessions and workshops in digital skills showcase event. The project, which will include young people at risk of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Creative Futures Barrow
£352,356 12/05/2010
36
This project will expand on a series of short term project that use creative and digital media to engage hard to reach, disadvantaged people. Through creative, ICT and media activities, it will ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 40-72
  • DAVID FOSTER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Business Consultant
  • HELEN WALL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Councillor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/05/2013, number: 1152012
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/05/2008, number: 06606718
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
10 returns made; AR19: 7 days late,
Main office

Signal Film & Media
104 Abbey Road
Barrow-in-Furness
LA14 5QR

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE ARTS AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) PROVIDING A CENTRE FOR ARTS AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES WHERE LOCAL RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM DISADVANTAGED GROUPS, CAN ACCESS FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES TO DEVELOP SKILLS IN A DIVERSE RANGE OF CREATIVE, MEDIA AND ARTS DISCIPLINES; AND(B) PROVIDING PREMISES, SPACE AND ACTIVITIES FOR LOCAL FRONTLINE GROUPS IN ORDER TO SUPPORT MEDIA PRODUCTION AND THE CREATIVE AND ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL PEOPLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CUMBRIALANCASHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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