# BFI TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1140833
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 18, 2011
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1140833


## Contact

- **Address:** 21 STEPHEN STREET, LONDON
- **Postcode:** W1T 1LN
- **Phone:** 02079574751



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO:- (A) ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARTS OF FILM, TELEVISION AND THE MOVING IMAGE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND; (B) PROMOTE THE ARTS OF FILM, TELEVISION AND THE MOVING IMAGE USE AS A RECORD OF CONTEMPORARY LIFE AND MANNERS; (C) PROMOTE EDUCATION ABOUT FILM, TELEVISION AND THE MOVING IMAGE GENERALLY, AND THEIR IMPACT ON SOCIETY;(D) PROMOTE ACCESS TO AND APPRECIATION OF THE WIDEST POSSIBLE RANGE OF BRITISH AND WORLD CINEMA AND TO ESTABLISH, CARE FOR AND DEVELOP COLLECTIONS REFLECTING THE MOVING IMAGE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND; AND(E) IN PARTICULAR TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE (REGISTERED CHARITY 287780).

**Activities:** Encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the UK.  To promote education about film, television and the moving image generally, and their impact on society.  To establish, care for and develop collections reflecting the moving image history and heritage of the UK.  In particular to support the work of the British Film Institute.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £1990670 | £1848152 | £56809672 | 0 |
| March 31, 2024 | £2134194 | £1701676 | £57502071 | 0 |
| March 31, 2023 | £1930955 | £10019620 | £58307125 | 0 |
| March 31, 2022 | £1848576 | £1906692 | £65028036 | 0 |
| March 31, 2021 | £1865545 | £2236037 | £66252733 | 0 |



## Trustees

- IAIN THOMSON — appointed July 3, 2024
- Patrick Noel Butler — appointed July 22, 2021
- Robin Saunders — appointed Oct. 23, 2025