The Film and Video Workshop

Analysis

The Film and Video Workshop is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03389854). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Film and Video Workshop reported income of £35k and spending of £69k, spending 198% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £130k to £35k (-73%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income dropped by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Film and Video Workshop sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bedford Choral Society (£35k), Friends of Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery (£35k) and Horwich Heritage (£35k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.