Film London

Analysis

Film London is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2015, 11 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 04699825). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Film London reported income of £7.4m and spending of £7.4m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6.4m to £7.4m (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Film London sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The New Forest Agricultural Show Society (£7.3m), The Watershed Arts Trust Limited (£7.5m) and Royal Exchange Theatre Company Limited (£7.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93%, donations and legacies 5.6% and trading 1.1%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 3.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £154k. Reserves of £998k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 65 people.