01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received Late
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 18 March 2011
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 07562754
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £1,990,670
- Latest expenditure
- £1,848,152
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 21 STEPHEN STREET, LONDON, W1T 1LN
02 Activities
What the charity does
Encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the UK. To promote education about film, television and the moving image generally, and their impact on society. To establish, care for and develop collections reflecting the moving image history and heritage of the UK. In particular to support the work of the British Film Institute.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 January 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £1,990,670
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,848,152
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 16 January 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 16 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £2,134,194
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,701,676
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 January 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,930,955
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £10,019,620
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 18 January 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 20 February 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £1,848,576
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,906,692
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 3 February 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 3 February 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £1,865,545
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,236,037
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 28 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £1,990,670
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,848,152
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 16 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £2,134,194
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,701,676
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 30 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,930,955
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £10,019,620
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 18 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £1,848,576
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,906,692
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 3 February 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £1,865,545
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,236,037
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 28 January 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 1990670
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1990670
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £37,454
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,810,698
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1848152
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 37454
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 1766500
- Expenditure Governance
- 36660
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- -834917
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £3,967,672
- Assets Total Fixed
- 52842000
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 52842000
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £6,281,379
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £2,313,707
- Assets Current Investment
- 5881717
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £56,809,672
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 2313707
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £399,662
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 56809672
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 56809672
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 16 January 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 2134194
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 2134194
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £31,189
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,670,487
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1701676
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 31189
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 1633500
- Expenditure Governance
- 28554
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- -1239818
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £3,592,071
- Assets Total Fixed
- 53910000
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 53910000
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £9,337,658
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £5,745,587
- Assets Current Investment
- 9271568
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £57,502,071
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 5745587
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £66,090
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 57502071
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 57502071
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 30 January 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 1930955
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1930955
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £10,019,620
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 10019620
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 9984000
- Expenditure Governance
- 28541
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 1367754
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £2,639,371
- Assets Total Fixed
- 55667754
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 55667754
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £12,401,186
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £9,761,815
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £58,307,125
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 9761815
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £12,401,186
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 58307125
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 58307125
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 18 January 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 1848576
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1848576
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,906,692
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1906692
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 1835000
- Expenditure Governance
- 44141
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- -1166581
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £10,385,536
- Assets Total Fixed
- 54300000
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 54300000
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £14,162,106
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £3,434,070
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £65,028,036
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 3434070
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £14,157,499
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 64685536
- Funds Restricted
- 342500
- Funds Total
- 65028036
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 3 February 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 25
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 1865520
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1865545
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,236,037
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 2236037
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 2200000
- Expenditure Governance
- 20865
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- -425031
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £10,443,652
- Assets Total Fixed
- 55466580
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 55466580
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £13,535,052
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £2,748,899
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £66,252,733
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 2748899
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £13,535,052
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 65910233
- Funds Restricted
- 342500
- Funds Total
- 66252733
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 305
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 205
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- BFI TRUST
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2011-03-18T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/03/2011
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO:- (A) ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARTS OF FILM, TELEVISION AND THE MOVING IMAGE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND; (B) PROMOTE THE ARTS OF FILM, TELEVISION AND THE MOVING IMAGE USE AS A RECORD OF CONTEMPORARY LIFE AND MANNERS; (C) PROMOTE EDUCATION ABOUT FILM, TELEVISION AND THE MOVING IMAGE GENERALLY, AND THEIR IMPACT ON SOCIETY;(D) PROMOTE ACCESS TO AND APPRECIATION OF THE WIDEST POSSIBLE RANGE OF BRITISH AND WORLD CINEMA AND TO ESTABLISH, CARE FOR AND DEVELOP COLLECTIONS REFLECTING THE MOVING IMAGE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND; AND(E) IN PARTICULAR TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE (REGISTERED CHARITY 287780).
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures