UK Screen Association Ltd t/a UK Screen Alliance or Animation UK
Membership Terms & Conditions
Version 7 -issued 1st July 2026
These Membership Terms and Conditions together with your Membership Agreement Letter or renewal invoice (as applicable) constitute a legally binding agreement (the “Agreement”) between the UK Screen Association Limited t/a UK Screen Alliance or Animation UK (“UKSA”, “us”, “our” or “we”) and the entity completing the Membership Agreement Letter (“the member”, “you”, “your”). By submitting to us a signed Membership Agreement Letter and/or accepting any membership benefits you are accepting these Membership Terms and Conditions and agree to be bound by them for the full duration of your UKSA membership (“Your Membership”) which consists of the initial membership period and any subsequent periods of renewal .
1 Commencing your Membership
1.1 To commence your membership you must sign and submit to UKSA your Membership Agreement Letter setting out the agreed salient details of your membership; the date this membership period starts (the “Joining Date”), the date when this membership period expires (the “Expiry Date”), the duration of the membership period (the “Membership Period” or “Period”), the fee, and the payment method. On submission of your signed Membership Agreement letter, you will be liable to pay the membership fee for this Period by the agreed method of payment. UKSA will issue you an invoice for the membership fee and applicable taxes.
1.2 As a UKSA member you agree to comply with all applicable laws and regulations at all times and undertake that you will not act, or fail to act, in such a way as to bring the UKSA, or any of its members, into disrepute. Your attention is drawn to our Code of Practice relevant to your company type and your requirement to adhere to our Competition Compliance Policy. Our Codes of Practice and Competition Compliance Policy may from time to time be amended and copies are available by request.
1.3 We reserve the right to refuse membership to any entity for any reason in the absolute discretion of the UKSA Board of Directors.
2 Renewal of Membership
2.1 Your Membership Period shall expire at 00:01 on the Expiry Date. Unless we are instructed otherwise, Your Membership shall be automatically renewed to be continuous for a further Period and again on each subsequent Expiry Date.
2.2 You will receive notification from us prior to the end of your Membership Period confirming the amount of the renewal fees for the next Membership Period together with an invoice for the forthcoming Period. You must inform us in writing before the Expiry Date if you do not intend to renew. For the avoidance of doubt, any use by you of the Sponsor Benefits or any other benefits or services provided to members in the period after any Expiry Date will indicate your intention to renew your membership for a further Membership Period and you will be liable for the full membership fee for such Membership Period.
2.3 We reserve the right to refuse to renew Your Membership for any reason in our absolute discretion.
3 Fees
3.1 Fees for each Period shall be paid to us by the payment method set out in your Membership Agreement letter. The payment terms and due date will be set out in your invoice.
3.2 If your Membership Agreement letter specifies payment by Direct Debit, you must provide us with a valid Direct Debit mandate prior to your Joining Date. If you change your banking arrangements during the Membership Period you must inform us immediately in writing and supply a new Direct Debit mandate if required. Any missed payments due to your bank’s refusal of a Direct Debit payment request will be due for immediate payment by bank transfer.
3.3 We reserve the right to increase our membership fees at any time in our absolute discretion. All membership fees are non-refundable under any circumstances except where membership fees or renewal fees have been paid in advance and your application for membership or renewal of Your Membership is subsequently refused by us.
4 Membership sections and Representative Council elections
4.1 The UKSA membership is segmented into sections depending on members’ interests, the nature of their businesses and the class of Membership they purchase. UKSA shall decide in which section to place Members at the commencement of their Membership.
4.2 UKSA may create or dissolve membership sections as required to reflect the composition of our membership. Members of dissolved sections will be absorbed into the most appropriate remaining section as determined by UKSA.
4.3 The current sections of membership are;-
- Animation
- Facilities
- Education
4.4 The Constitution of the Board of Directors and Representative Councils shall be determined and from time-to-time updated by a Board Resolution of the Board of Directors and shall be available on request to Members.
4.5 The Animation section and the Facilities section each have their own Representative Councils. Only Members allocated to the Animation section shall be entitled to nominate, vote, or stand in elections for the Animation Council. Only Members allocated to the Facilities section shall be entitled to nominate, vote, or stand in elections for the UK Screen Alliance Facilities Council. Education Membership, Associate Membership, and Supporting Membership do not confer voting rights.
5 Meetings and Benefits
5.1 As a UKSA member you are entitled to attend any regular UKSA working group and share your views. Members are required to act professionally in all UKSA meetings and to be respectful of other meeting participants and their views. The designated meeting chair may exclude from the meeting any participants engaging in disruptive or disrespectful behaviour or committing breaches of our Competition Compliance Policy and report such behaviour to the Board of Directors for their consideration.
5.2 During Your Membership you will have access to the exclusive member pages of the UKSA website and you will receive information on UKSA activities via emails and digital newsletters. Subject to our approval of any content (which we will not unreasonably withhold), we will include your company profile on our website. Where we consider it appropriate to do, press releases that you make about your company will be published on our website and may be promoted via our newsletter and social media accounts. We shall have sole discretion as to which content is published on our website, newsletters or social media accounts and the manner, timing and location of such publication. You shall indemnify us and hold us harmless from and against any and all third party claims of whatsoever nature arising out or in connection with our publication on our website, newsletters or social media accounts of any content made available by you to us for such purpose.
5.3 During Your membership you will be eligible for certain other benefits provided by UKSA’s third party partners as may be notified to you or advertised on our website from time to time (“Sponsor Benefits”). UKSA reserves the right to make changes to the benefits available to its members at any time and may withdraw any such benefits at any time or substitute other third party benefits to those that are advertised or notified to you at any time for any reason in their absolute discretion.
6 Disclaimer
6.1 UKSA will not be providing any Sponsor Benefits. All Sponsor Benefits will be provided by third parties. UKSA is in no way responsible, nor will it, subject to clause 5.4, accept any liability whatsoever, for any products or services provided to its members by third parties including without limitation the Sponsor Benefits. In particular UKSA does not provide any endorsement, recommendation or warranty as to the quality or fitness for purpose of any of the Sponsor Benefits.
6.2 Subject to clause 5.4, UKSA shall not be liable to you, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), or for misrepresentation or breach of statutory duty or otherwise, for any special, indirect or consequential damages, or for any direct or indirect loss of profit, loss of goodwill, loss of business opportunity, loss of anticipated savings or any loss of or corruption to data, suffered by you and arising under or in connection with this Agreement or as a result of Your Membership.
6.3 Subject to clause 5.4, UKSA’s total aggregate liability to you under this Agreement in any Membership Period shall not exceed an amount equal to your membership fee for that Membership Period.
6.4 Nothing in this Agreement shall limit or exclude UKSA’s liability for fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation, death or personal injury resulting from negligence or any other liability that cannot be excluded by law.
7 Termination
7.1 UKSA may terminate Your Membership immediately by providing written notice to you: (i) if you commit a breach of any term or condition of this Agreement; (ii) if you act, or fail to act, in such a way as to bring the UKSA or any of its members into disrepute; (iii) if you become unable to pay your debts within the meaning of section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or are subject to or initiate any other form of insolvency proceedings provided for in the Insolvency Act 1986 or any similar or analogous legislation whether English or otherwise; (iv) on expiry of Your Membership Period if we exercise our right to refuse to renew Your Membership.
7.2 You may terminate Your Membership at any time by providing us with 30 days written notice or immediately by providing us with written notice if UKSA becomes unable to pay its debts within the meaning of section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or is subject to or initiates any other form of insolvency proceedings provided for in the Insolvency Act 1986 or any similar or analogous legislation whether English or otherwise. For the avoidance doubt you shall not be refunded any membership fees already paid to us if you elect to terminate Your Membership and you shall immediately pay to us any unpaid instalments of the membership fee for the remainder of the then current Membership Period (and you agree that we shall be entitled to submit a direct debit payment request for such unpaid instalments if you have agreed to pay by direct debit).
8 General
8.1 Nothing in this Agreement establishes any partnership or joint venture between us or constitutes any party the agent of the other, nor authorises any party to make or enter into any commitments for or on behalf of other party.
8.2 If any provision of this Agreement (or part of a provision) is found by any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal, the other provisions shall remain in force. If any invalid, unenforceable or illegal provision would be valid, enforceable or legal if some part of it were deleted, the provision shall apply with the minimum modification necessary to make it legal, valid and enforceable.
8.3 Neither party shall be in breach of this Agreement nor liable for delay in performing, or failure to perform, any of its obligations under this Agreement if such delay or failure results from events, circumstances or causes beyond its reasonable control including without limitation any acts of God, extreme weather conditions, war, terrorism, fire, interruption of utility services, non-performance by suppliers and sub-contractors, any labour disputes or industrial action or any law or government order or similar (a “Force Majeure Event”). On the occurrence of a Force Majeure Event the affected party shall be entitled to a reasonable extension of the time for performing its obligations, provided that if the period of delay or non-performance continues for 30 days or more, the party not affected may terminate this Agreement by giving written notice to other party.
8.4 This Agreement and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim that arises out of or in connection with this Agreement.
