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BFI TRUST

Company no. 07562754 · PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
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BFI TRUST is an active 15-year-old company, with accounts filed and up to date and no outstanding charges or mortgages registered. No adverse signals found on the public record.

Risk indicatorsNo adverse signals found
Active on the Companies House register
Accounts filed and up to date
No outstanding charges or mortgages registered
Established — 15+ years on the register

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Company details
Established 10+ years
StatusActive
Company number07562754
TypePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated14 Mar 2011 · 15 yrs
Registered office21 Stephen Street, London, W1T 1LN
Nature of business59111 - Motion picture production activities · 91012 - Archives activities
Next accounts due31 Dec 2026
Confirmation statement due28 Mar 2027

Contact

Contact from the Charity Commission (official public register).

Charity Commission

Charity number
1140833
Charity status
Registered
Registered charity since
18 Mar 2011
Charity type
Charitable company
Latest income
£1,990,670 · year to 31 Mar 2025
Latest expenditure
£1,848,152

What BFI TRUST does

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.

Charitable objects and activities as declared by the charity to the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Charity income & expenditure

Financial year endingIncomeExpenditureNet
31 Mar 2025 £1,990,670 £1,848,152 £142,518
31 Mar 2024 £2,134,194 £1,701,676 £432,518
31 Mar 2023 £1,930,955 £10,019,620 −£8,088,665
31 Mar 2022 £1,848,576 £1,906,692 −£58,116
31 Mar 2021 £1,865,545 £2,236,037 −£370,492

Figures as filed in the charity's annual returns to the Charity Commission — last 5 reported years. Net is income less expenditure; a negative figure means the charity spent more than it received that year.

Trustees (3)

IAIN THOMSON
Trustee · appointed 3 Jul 2024
Patrick Noel Butler
Trustee · appointed 22 Jul 2021
Robin Saunders
Trustee · appointed 23 Oct 2025

Trustees as recorded on the Charity Commission register. For a charitable company the trustees are normally also its Companies House directors, so this list and the Directors & officers list below should broadly agree — a large discrepancy is worth asking about.

Property & land holdings (3)Premium

PropertyTenureArea
B F I, Kingshill Way, Berkhamsted (HP4 3TP) Freehold Dacorum, Hertfordshire
B F I, Kingshill Way, Berkhamsted (HP4 3TP) Freehold Dacorum, Hertfordshire
BFI National Archives, Kineton Road, Lighthorne, Warwick (CV35 0BQ) Freehold Stratford-on-avon, Warwickshire

Freehold and leasehold titles registered to this company in the HM Land Registry Commercial & Corporate Ownership Data. This covers registered land in England and Wales only, and reflects the register at the date of the extract — recent transactions may not appear.

Directors & officers

THOMSON, Iain
Secretary · appointed 15 Feb 2012
BUTLER, Patrick Noel
Director · appointed 22 Jul 2021 · Irish
SAUNDERS, Robin
Director · appointed 23 Oct 2025 · American
THOMSON, Iain Richard
Director · appointed 3 Jul 2024 · British

Ownership & control (PSC)

Mr Patrick Noel Butler
Individual person with significant control · significant influence or control, significant influence or control as trust
Filing status
AccountsUp to date
Last accounts made up to31 Mar 2025
Next accounts due31 Dec 2026
Confirmation statementUp to date
Last statement14 Mar 2026
Next statement due28 Mar 2027
Accounts typeSmall company

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