
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From  6[th] April 2020   Period start date     to  5[th] April 2021  Period end date** 

## **Charity name:  Bristol Palestine Film Festival** 

## **Charity registration number:** 1178457 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

|**Objectives and Activities**|||
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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To advance the arts and culture for the benefit of<br>the general public by promoting film and other art<br>forms, with particular, but not exclusive,<br>reference to films originating from or about<br>Palestine.|
|Summary of the main activities<br>in relation to those purposes<br>for the public benefit, in<br>particular, the activities,<br>projects or services identified<br>in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and 1.19|To programme, plan and deliver and annual<br>festival of cinematic films, related to Palestine<br>or made by Palestinian filmmakers.  The<br>festival to take place in Bristol and the<br>surrounding area.|
|Statement confirming whether<br>the trustees have had regard<br>to the guidance issued by the<br>Charity Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees have created this report having<br>informed themselves of the Charitable<br>Commission’s guidance and the Statement of<br>Recommended Practice.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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||SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Bristol PFF does not make grants.|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|BristolPFF does not involve itself in social<br>investment.|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|BristolPFF welcomes and values the<br>contribution made by volunteers.  Volunteers<br>help to staff screenings and events, helping to<br>distribute and collect evaluation forms and to<br>takepayment for event tickets.  Volunteers are|





managed by the BPFF co-ordinator, and are offered free tickets to events as a gesture of thanks. 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to the<br>circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a whole.|Para 1.20|Due to the Covid pandemic we did not mount a<br>physical festival this year.   Instead we<br>undertook two very limited activities:<br>1) We painted a mural to celebrate 10<br>years of achievement by the festival.<br>2) We hosted an online festival of short<br>films.<br>We reached out to our viewers and asked for<br>donations in order to fund this activity.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|Our expectations were not high due to the<br>pandemic but we were pleased with the<br>response to the mural which raised our profile<br>on social media, and with the interest shown in<br>the short films.|
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives set|Para 1.41|We were pleased with the donations we<br>received given the circumstances this year.|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|BristolPFF has no investments.|





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end of<br>theperiod|Para 1.21|The 2020 festival was delivered on budget,<br>with reduced reserves held towards the 2021<br>festival.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>statingwhytheyare held|Para 1.22|The Trustees held £4326 in reserves at the end<br>of the 2020-21 financial year in order to<br>provide necessaryfundingfor the 2021 festival.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£4326|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|n/a|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|n/a|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the charity<br>continuingas agoingconcern|Para 1.23|n/a|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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|The charity’s principal sources<br>of funds (including any<br>fundraising)|Para 1.47|**n/a**|
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any social<br>investment policy adopted|Para 1.46|n/a|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|There are no significant risks facing the charity<br>as it operates on a cash basis and only delivers<br>a festival within the limits of the cash it has<br>available.|





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed,royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Bristol Palestine Film Festival is governed by a**<br>**Constitution.**|
|How is the charity constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association,CIO)|Para 1.25|**Bristol Palestine Film Festival is a Charitable**<br>**Incorporated Organisation (CIO)**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of any<br>person or body entitled to<br>appoint one or more trustees|Para 1.25|**A trustee may be appointed by the decision of**<br>**the Trustees.**|



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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|Para 1.51|**n/a**|
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the charity<br>works|Para 1.51|**n/a**|
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51|**n/a**|



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charityname|Bristol Palestine Film Festival|
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|Other name the charityuses|BristolPFF|
|Registered charitynumber|1178457|
|Charity’s principal address|c/o Bristol Festivals<br>The Station,<br>Silver Street,<br>Bristol BS1 2AG|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||Alison Sterling|Chair|||
||Luke Sapsed||||
||Karena Batstone||||
||David Owen||||
||Steph Read||||
||Cielle Bragg||||
||Alix Hughes||||
||Gaie Delap||||
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

|Description of the assets held<br>in this capacity<br>Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf the<br>assets are held and how this<br>falls within the custodian<br>charity’s objects<br>Details of arrangements for<br>safe custody and segregation<br>of such assets from the<br>charity’s own assets|n/a|
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## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**<br>**etc)**<br>**Date**|||
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||Alison Sterling||
||<br> <br>Chair||
||29 December 2021||
||29 December 2021||





|**Bristol PFF**|Budget|2020|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**EXPENDITURE**|||||||||
|GB £ Sterling|GB ££||GB ££||GB ££||GB ££||
|**Screening fees (incl digital downloads)**|||||||||
||NET||VAT||TOTAL||||
|Until the Last Drop||35.00||0.00||35.00|||
|Loop of History||35.00||0.00||35.00|||
|Between Two Crossings||100.00||0.00||100.00|||
|Marta Maria Gonzales||55.00||0.00||55.00|||
|Zorana Musikic||35.00||0.00||35.00|||
|Seven Villages||35.00||0.00||35.00||Paypal|
||||||||295.00||
|**Mural**|||||||||
|PRSC for site|||||||660.00||
|**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**|||||||**955.00**||
|**INCOME**|||||||||
|**Donations**|||||||||
|Paypal||623.00||-28.81|||||
|**TOTAL INCOME**|||||||594.19||
|Cash brought forward from 2019||4631.19|||||||
|Paypal||55.74|||||||
|**BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD**||||**4686.93**|||||
|**Loss made in 2020.21**|||||||**360.81**||
|CARRIED FORWARD TO 2021/22|||||||||
|Bank||3711.19|||||||
|Paypal||614.93|||||||
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