The Film and Television Charity

Analysis

The Film and Television Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04816786). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Film and Television Charity reported income of £2.7m and spending of £4.8m, spending 180% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £7.3m to £2.7m (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 181% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Film and Television Charity sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charities Icw the Spanish and Portuguese Jews Synagogue (£2.7m), Asian Women's Resource Centre (£2.7m) and Congregation of the Missionary Oblates of the Most Holy and Immaculate Virgin Mary (Oblates of Mary Immaculate) (£2.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 69%, investments 16% and trading 11%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £13k. Charitable activities took 61% of spending and raising funds 38%. Reserves of £10.8m would cover about 27 months of spending at that rate. It employed 33 people.

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.