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Registered charity · Barrow-in-Furness

Signal Film & Media Limited

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £1.5m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Cumbria, Lancashire
Website
www.signalfilmandmedia.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Signal Film & Media Limited
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.5m£566k
  • 2024£701k£563k
  • 2023£445k£522k
Earlier years
  • 2022£492k£518k
  • 2021£502k£350k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 0% · Government grants 84%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

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.

Grants received

40 grants · £3,495,080 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government · £910,000 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £654,600 (5 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £564,152 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £430,826 (8 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £400,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government £410,0002025-03-27
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government £400,0002024-11-22
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government £100,0002024-11-08
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,6692024-09-24
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,3702023-06-02
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

10 trustees on the board

8.7y median 7y
average tenure
18y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (3)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 10Economic/community Development/employment 10Education/training 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Tech and media 12Arts and leisure 3Health and social care 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.5m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.2 in 2021

9 from 3 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
84%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1152012
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30/05/2008NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 10/04/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 02/05/2013
Companies House
Company number 06606718 · Active
Contact on the register
01229838592 · info@signalfilmandmedia.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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