
About · Board and governance
The board.
Five directors, chaired by the founder. Accounts and the community interest report are filed at Companies House every year.
- Legal form
- Community interest company limited by shares
- Asset lock
- Assets held for community benefit
- Filed each year
- Accounts and CIC34 community interest report
The directors
Rizwan (Riz) Wadan
Founder and ChairNina Karwalska
Director and Designated Safeguarding LeadJeremy Braben Assoc. BSC
Non-executive directorAlan Piper
Non-executive directorPete Swarbrick
Director- BiographiesMeet the teamWhat each director does, and the team who run the units.
What the board does
- Sets direction and signs off the plan and the budget.
- Approves the accounts and the CIC34 community interest report before they are filed.
- Holds safeguarding, through a named director who is our Designated Safeguarding Lead.
- Approves dealings with connected companies, and records them.
Interests we declare
Some directors sit on other boards in the industry. Riz Wadan founded MR Helix Ltd, which supplies camera technology to our units, and Pixeleyed Pictures Ltd. Nina Karwalska is a co-founder and director of Screen Sisters CIC, our partner. Jeremy Braben founded Helicopter Film Services.
We declare those interests. Any dealing with a connected company is at market value or recorded as support in kind. Credits belong to the company and the crew who earned them.
How we are funded
Grants, income from productions and the organisations we work with, and in-kind support such as kit, stock and facility time. It all goes back into free training. No one pays to be listed here, and a test day isn't an endorsement.
Who checks us
- Companies House. Accounts and the CIC34 report, filed every year.
- The CIC Regulator. Checks we serve the community the company was set up for.
- You. Every figure on Outcomes has its source beside it.
Learner data
When academy accounts open, Futures in Film CIC holds the learner records. Accounts are for adults 18 and over. Under-18s use our material through school or college, and we collect no data on them. Privacy


