Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 9

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 10

DOC SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST

The charity's objects include:- To advance the education of the public in the subject of documentary film;- To advance the education of children and young people by developing and promoting the use ofdocumentary film as a learning resource in education institutions;- To advance the arts and culture by promoting high standards of creativity in the making of documentary film.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 11 years

hello@docsociety.org

02075349626

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/03/23		£332	£288	£44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£15	£597	£-582	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£888	£234	£654	£0	£666	£3	0.2	0
31/03/20		£365	£373	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£63	£106	£-44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£170	£175	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/17		£106	£80	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/16	*	£232	£204	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/15		£138	£295	£-157	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/14		£260	£86	£174	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Netherlands, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Esmee Fairbairn	£200,000
Joseph Rowntree Foundation	£139,985
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch	£50,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch - Climate Reframe
£50,000	16/10/2023	One year of core funding to support Climate Reframe’s growing network of UK-based people of colour working to reframe climate action and elevating the voices of people of colour in the climate ....more One year of core funding to support Climate Reframe’s growing network of UK-based people of colour working to reframe climate action and elevating the voices of people of colour in the climate movement and media.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Doc Society
£200,000	21/10/2020 24	Towards Core costs The work planned includes training and mentoring for a cohort of climate storytelling made by and about communities currently disenfranchised from the climate debate.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Doc Society
£89,985	10/07/2020 6	Putting the Colour in Climate
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Doc Society
£50,000	12/07/2019 7	Mothers of Invention podcast, season 2
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The BRITDOC Charitable Trust
£45,000	16/11/2015 24	Towards the salary of the doc academy manager and a contribution towards an evaluation.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The BRITDOC Charitable Trust
£30,000	22/10/2013	Towards the development and expansion of the Doc Academy, an online platform that makes an extensive catalogue of documentary films available to secondary schools as supplementary learning resources.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The BRITDOC Charitable Trust
£30,000	16/06/2009 12	Towards Project costs Towards the direct costs of evaluating the impact of The End of the Line.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 31-60

ANURADHA ROSAMUND VIR HENRIQUES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Founder And Co-Director, Skin Deep

DILHANI PRANILA WIJEYESEKERA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Social Justice And Fund Consultant

DR ROBERT DEAN JOSEPH BERKELEY (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Policy Officer, Other trusteeship: THE BARING FOUNDATION,

FATIMA AHMED MOHAMED IBRAHIM Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Non-Profit Executive

MATTHEW ADEDAYO ABIMBOLA AJANAKU Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Artistic Director, Bounce Cinema

PETER NOORLANDER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Legal Officer

SANDRA WHIPHAM Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director

SHANIDA ANNIKA SCOTLAND Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

STEPHEN PHILIP DUNBAR JOHNSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: President, International

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/05/2013, number: 1151870
Registered at Companies House on 15/03/2013, number: 08446956

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

10 returns made; AR16: 35 days late,

Main office

Doc Society
Studio 9
2 Arundel Street
London
WC2R 3DA

Objectives

1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF DOCUMENTARY FILM, IN PARTICULAR BY PROMOTING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF DOCUMENTARY FILM AND ITS CAPACITY TO RAISE AWARENESS OF SOCIAL, HISTORICAL AND OTHER ISSUES;2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING AND PROMOTING THE USE OF DOCUMENTARY FILM AS A LEARNING RESOURCE IN SCHOOLS AND FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS;3) TO ADVANCE THE ARTS AND CULTURE BY PROMOTING HIGH STANDARDS OF CREATIVITY IN THE MAKING OF DOCUMENTARY FILM;4) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY IDENTIFYING, HARNESSING AND DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY OF DOCUMENTARY FILM TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY CONFLICT OR OTHER SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

INTERNATIONAL

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