THE INDEPENDENT FILM TRUST
Charity number: 1105749
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
The IFT acts to advance the cause of independent filmmaking, for instance by encouraging emerging talent through the provision of training scholarships, and by helping the disadvantaged through training in various aspects of filmmaking.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 30 September 2024
Total income: £5,550
Total expenditure: £11,828
People
2 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No information availableFundraising
No information available
Trading
No information available
Trustee payments
No information available
What, who, how, where
What the charity does:
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
- Throughout England And Wales
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
Governance
Registration history:
- 06 September 2004: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
No other names
Company number:
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- Complaints handling
- Conflicting interests
- Risk management
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
2 Trustee(s)
| Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
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| Elliot Grove | Chair | 12 November 2024 |
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| Denise Foley | Trustee | 15 November 2025 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 30/09/2020 | 30/09/2021 | 30/09/2022 | 30/09/2023 | 30/09/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £95.24k | £256.30k | £238.21k | £57.20k | £5.55k | |
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Total expenditure | £85.02k | £266.46k | £214.08k | £73.74k | £11.83k | |
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Income from government contracts | £8.85k | £8.85k | £8.50k | £0 | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | £56.23k | £209.94k | £216.97k | £20.00k | N/A |
Accounts and annual returns
This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 30 September 2024 | 08 August 2025 | 9 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 30 September 2024 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 30 September 2023 | 13 November 2024 | 106 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 30 September 2023 | 13 November 2024 | 106 days late | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 30 September 2022 | 31 July 2023 | 1 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 30 September 2022 | 31 July 2023 | 1 days late | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 30 September 2021 | 29 July 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 30 September 2021 | 29 July 2022 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 30 September 2020 | 06 July 2021 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 30 September 2020 | 21 June 2021 | On time | Download Open in new window |