Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 5

No PartB

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 5

LEIGH FILM SOCIETY C.I.O.

1. To advance the education of the public in the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of film ,2. To encourage interest in film as an art form and as a medium for public education and for the distribution of information, by means of the exhibition of films of artistic, cultural or scientific character,

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker 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

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/12/22		£78,574	£63,404	£15,170	20
31/12/21	*	£35,181	£14,501	£20,680	15
31/12/20		£64,990	£25,526	£39,464	19
31/12/19	*	£39,794	£17,625	£22,169	30

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

http://www.leighfilmsociety.com/

elizabethcostello50@gmail.com

07969647466

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Lancashire, Wigan,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
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

National Lottery Community Fund	£19,706
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside	£1,400
Forever Manchester	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Forever Manchester - Book to Film /Young Film club
£1,000	02/03/2023	Group providing cinema screening to the community
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Cinema Therapy for Health and Wellbeing
£1,400	02/02/2023	To run a project for the local school called "Books to Film" that allows local children to read a book a month and then see the movie adaption together. This is to encourage reading and ....more To run a project for the local school called "Books to Film" that allows local children to read a book a month and then see the movie adaption together. This is to encourage reading and provide a community cinema experience
National Lottery Community Fund - Spinners Mill Community Cinema
£10,000	11/02/2022	The funding will be used to create a safe and fully accessible community cinema. The project aims to give people of all abilities who find visiting large multiplex venues challenging a chance to ....more The funding will be used to create a safe and fully accessible community cinema. The project aims to give people of all abilities who find visiting large multiplex venues challenging a chance to experience the world of film.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Cinema at The Spinners Mill
£9,706	18/07/2019 12	The project aims to create a Cinema at The Spinner Mill for the local community. Funding for the project will go towards things such as chairs, sound system, projector and a projector screen.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALAN PRESCOTT Appointed: 2020

ANDREW NOWELL Appointed: 2019

ELIZABETH COSTELLO BEM Appointed: 2019

IAN MORRIS Appointed: 2019

PAUL ANTHONY COSTELLO (Chair) Appointed: 2019

RICHARD HOUGHTON Appointed: 2020

SARAH JANE MASTERS Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/06/2019, number: 1183891

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

4 returns made; AR21: 3 days late, AR19: 3 days late,

Main office

16
Parkdale
Astley
Tyldesley
Manchester
M29 7DR

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF FILM AND ALLIED VISUAL TECHNIQUES BY THE SCREENING OF FILMS OF ARTISTIC MERIT AND STAGING LECTURES, DISCUSSIONS, FESTIVALS AND EXHIBITIONS WITH THE AIM OF PROMOTING THE STUDY AND APPRECIATION OF FILM.

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