Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

FILM NATION UK 

Children's and young people's film education (5 to 19 years).
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Established: 11 years

www.intofilm.org

info@intofilm.org

03303137600

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Financial Data ?

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 Volun-
teers
31/03/23£6,331£6,184£148£75£1,275£1,1732.3810
31/03/22£5,787£5,844£-57£75£1,127£8841.8780
31/03/21£5,504£5,758£-253£67£1,184£9422810
31/03/20£6,755£6,278£476£85£1,437£1,1272.2850
31/03/19£6,281£6,230£51£70£961£8641.77676
31/03/18£6,450£6,261£189£113£910£6651.3810
31/03/17£7,759£7,933£-174£117£721£7211.11000
31/03/16£7,770£8,027£-257£484£895£8481.3940
31/03/15£8,455£8,613£-159£598£1,191£1,0981.5970

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 27%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 92%
Reserves/Spending: 2.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 2.9
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 81 employees

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Film for Learning
£500,000 06/12/2018
48
Through this grant Film Nation aims to develop and embed arts-based learning through film in literacy and other areas of the curriculum in primary schools in Bradford, Bristol and Belfast, by ....more
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Film Nation UK
£30,000 24/09/2018
24
Towards a pilot project that will engage a cohort of young people in care in a bespoke, intensive, immersive, youth directed film watching and making intervention.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Full STEAM Ahead
£75,000 02/08/2017
12
This grant supports a programme to build teachers’ skills and confidence in using film to raise attainment in literacy and numeracy
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Raising literacy and numeracy attainment through film-based learning
£125,000 23/05/2016
12
Into Film and Nerve Centre will deliver a literacy and numeracy intervention based around the deconstruction and critical analysis of film and the use of filmmaking as a tool for engagement, project ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - FILMCLUB - opening minds, transforming lives
£100,492 24/09/2015
26
FILMCLUB - opening minds, transforming lives
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - FILMCLUB - opening minds, changing lives
£212,000 11/12/2012
Targeted action research on emerging evidence that film and cultural engagement benefits children facing specific types of disadvantage - such as children from families that have recently arrived in ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 43-74
  • ANNE MENSAH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Vp Original Series Uk, Netflix, Other trusteeship: MISSION44,
  • NIRA PARK Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Producer - Film & Tv
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/10/2013, number: 1154030
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/09/2012, number: 08210217
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

31 Islington Green
London
N1 8DU

Objectives

1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY THE USE OF FILM AS A LEARNING TOOL.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF FILM, IN PARTICULAR AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, BY THE PROVISION OF SERVICES, FACILITIES AND EVENTS AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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