01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 9 August 2019
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 August 2024 – 31 July 2025
- Latest income
- £1,393,957
- Latest expenditure
- £1,503,415
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: SHEFFIELD DOCFEST, THE WORKSTATION, 15 PATERNOSTER ROW, SHEFFIELD, S1 2BX
Website recorded by the regulator: https://sheffdocfest.com (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Sheffield DocFest's mission is to advance the art of film, education and training in the art of documentary filmmaking. We offer filmmakers and artists a place for inspiration, debate, growth and challenge, providing an international platform to launch works as part of a carefully curated programme that challenges trends, brings diversity and enriches engagement.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 May 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 April 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 April 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £1,393,957
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,503,415
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 May 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 2 May 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 2 May 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,474,370
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,425,566
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 May 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 May 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 May 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,413,626
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,399,673
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 May 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 June 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 June 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £1,519,342
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,477,657
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 May 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 31 May 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 31 May 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £1,749,492
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,617,375
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 August 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 28 April 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £1,393,957
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,503,415
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £100,000
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 2
- Count Volunteers
- 465
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 2 May 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,474,370
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,425,566
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £100,000
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 2
- Count Volunteers
- 380
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 30 May 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,413,626
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,399,673
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £101,500
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 120001 130000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 450
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 30 June 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £1,519,342
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,477,657
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £100,000
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 300
- 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 July 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 31 May 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £1,749,492
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,617,375
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 1
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £9
- Income From Government Contracts
- 7500
- Income From Government Grants
- £312,234
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 100001 110000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 250
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 August 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 28 April 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 513316
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 434126
- Income Charitable Activities
- 446515
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1393957
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £10,000
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,483,415
- Expenditure Other
- 10000
- Expenditure Total
- 1503415
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 122461
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 328
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £43,370
- Assets Total Fixed
- 2835
- Assets Own Use
- 2825
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 10
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £383,042
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £342,507
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £43,370
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 342507
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £80,490
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 30302
- Funds Restricted
- 13068
- Funds Total
- 43370
- Count Employees
- 20
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 2 May 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 674581
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 360798
- Income Charitable Activities
- 438991
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1474370
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £10,000
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,405,566
- Expenditure Other
- 10000
- Expenditure Total
- 1425566
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 113834
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 157
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £187,763
- Assets Total Fixed
- 85
- Assets Own Use
- 75
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 10
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £463,957
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £276,279
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £187,763
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 219132
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 57147
- Assets Cash
- £197,302
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 81710
- Funds Restricted
- 106053
- Funds Total
- 187763
- Count Employees
- 15
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 30 May 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 572218
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 457660
- Income Charitable Activities
- 383748
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1413626
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £10,000
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,379,673
- Expenditure Other
- 10000
- Expenditure Total
- 1399673
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 107499
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 746
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £139,704
- Assets Total Fixed
- 232
- Assets Own Use
- 222
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 10
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £622,525
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £483,053
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £139,704
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 378970
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 104083
- Assets Cash
- £482,462
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 139704
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 139704
- Count Employees
- 14
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 30 June 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 403588
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 428130
- Income Charitable Activities
- 687624
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1519342
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £10,000
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,457,657
- Expenditure Other
- 10000
- Expenditure Total
- 1477657
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 19179
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 63554
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 1904
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £123,971
- Assets Total Fixed
- 753
- Assets Own Use
- 753
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £633,796
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £510,758
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £123,791
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 510758
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £62,232
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 123791
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 123791
- Count Employees
- 13
- Consolidated 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 July 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 31 May 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1315683
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 236356
- Income Charitable Activities
- 197453
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1749492
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £10,000
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,597,375
- Expenditure Other
- 10000
- Expenditure Total
- 1617375
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 44816
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 131783
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 3951
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £61,148
- Assets Total Fixed
- 2658
- Assets Own Use
- 2658
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £383,676
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £304,228
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £82,106
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 304228
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £218,979
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 61148
- Funds Restricted
- 20958
- Funds Total
- 82106
- Count Employees
- 15
- Consolidated 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
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 310
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Activities
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL SHEFFIELD
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2019-08-09T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 09 AUG 2019CONVERSION 01 OCT 2019
- Charitable Objects
- 3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:3.1.1 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, AND TRAINING, IN THE ART OF DOCUMENTARY CINEMA, FILM, AND NEW AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN THE FIELD OF FILM AND IN ALL OTHER FORMS OF RELATED ARTISTIC OR CREATIVE WORK; AND3.1.2 TO ADVANCE THE ARTS AND HERITAGE WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO DOCUMENTARY FILM AND ALL RELATED DISCIPLINES.
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 612066
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- DOCFEST
- Charity Name Id
- 612068
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- SHEFFIELD DOC/FEST
- Charity Name Id
- 612067
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- DOC/FEST
- Charity Name Id
- 612069
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- SHEFFIELD DOCFEST
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures