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Film London

Film London is a registered charity (number 1163968) based in London, governed by 16 trustees. Latest income £7.4m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 16 trustees
  • Income £7.4m (2025)

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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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
filmlondon.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Film London
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£7.4m£7.4m
  • 2024£6.7m£6.7m
  • 2023£6.5m£6.4m
Earlier years
  • 2022£6.3m£6.3m
  • 2021£6.4m£6.3m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 2% · Government grants 32%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

4.1 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO:4.1.1 PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE VISUAL ARTS, MOST PARTICULARLY THE ARTS OF FILM, TELEVISION AND THE MOVING IMAGE, INCLUDING THROUGH(A) THE PROMOTION OF ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL EXCELLENCE IN THE FILM, TELEVISION AND MOVING IMAGE INDUSTRIES;(B) THE ESTABLISHMENT AND PRESERVATION OF COLLECTIONS REFLECTING THE FILM, TELEVISION AND MOVING IMAGE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF LONDON AND GREAT BRITAIN; AND(C) FACILITATING THE CREATION OF AUDIO-VISUAL CONTENT OF ARTISTIC MERIT IN FILM, TELEVISION AND MOVING IMAGE CONTENT BY REFERENCE TO THE CULTURE, HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF LONDON AND GREAT BRITAIN;4.1.2 PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ART AND PRODUCTION OF FILM, TELEVISION AND THE MOVING IMAGE, INCLUDING THROUGH:(A) THE CULTIVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC TASTE IN FILM, TELEVISION AND THE MOVING IMAGE;(B) THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE PRODUCTION WORK IN FILM, TELEVISION AND THE MOVING IMAGE; AND(C) THE PROMOTION OF A HIGH STANDARD OF ARTISTRY, CREATIVITY AND TECHNIQUE IN PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE PRODUCTION OF FILM, TELEVISION AND THE MOVING IMAGE."

Grants received

26 grants · £9,485,806 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £5,993,785 (11 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £2,205,654 (6 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £687,567 (3 grants)
  • Department for International Trade · £400,000 (2 grants)
  • Greater London Authority · £183,000

Most recent

  • Fenton Arts Trust £5,5002025-03-31
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £1,000,0002024-04-10
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £175,0002024-03-27
  • Greater London Authority £183,0002024-01-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £175,0002023-03-15
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.

16 trustees on the board

2.9y median 2y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (14)

Portfolio (2)

15
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 16Education/training 16General Charitable Purposes 15Other Charitable Purposes 1

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 27Business services 3Education 2

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£7.4m 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.

1.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

65 from 49 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.
34%
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
1163968
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31 DEC 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 12/10/2015AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 06/09/2015 as amended on 03 Jul 2020
Companies House
Company number 04699825 · Active
Contact on the register
02076137676 · info@filmlondon.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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