THE GHETTO FILM SCHOOL LIMITED

Registered charity 1195629 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GFS LDN

Ghetto Film School educates and trains children/young people in the art of storytelling.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW IN ENGLAND AND WALES, AS THE DIRECTORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE; THEY SHALL IN PARTICULAR INCLUDE, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION PRIMARILY THROUGH THE MEANS OF TEACHING STORYTELLING, AND OTHER RELATED ARTS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a deficit of £1,073 and held no reserves. However, the trustees expressed confidence in the charity's financial direction and projected reserves for the following period.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Sister Pictures — “GFS LDN is supported by Sister Pictures, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Wieden + Kennedy, Mulberry Academy Shoreditch, and The National Film and …” (source page)
• Bloomberg Philanthropies — “GFS LDN is supported by Sister Pictures, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Wieden + Kennedy, Mulberry Academy Shoreditch, and The National Film and …” (source page)
• Wieden + Kennedy — “GFS LDN is supported by Sister Pictures, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Wieden + Kennedy, Mulberry Academy Shoreditch, and The National Film and …” (source page)
• Mulberry Academy Shoreditch — “GFS LDN is supported by Sister Pictures, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Wieden + Kennedy, Mulberry Academy Shoreditch, and The National Film and …” (source page)
• The National Film and Television School — “GFS LDN is supported by Sister Pictures, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Wieden + Kennedy, Mulberry Academy Shoreditch, and The National Film and …” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nizam Uddinchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Stewart
• Miranda Higham
• Olivia Bonner

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LONDON FILM SCHOOL LIMITED.

• LONDON FILM SCHOOL LIMITED income £7.9m
• THE NATIONAL FILM AND TELEVISION SCHOOL income £25.0m
• THE FILM AND TELEVISION CHARITY income £2.7m
• THE OFFSHOOT FOUNDATION income £242k
• DHS Educational Foundation income £1.6m
• THE OXFORD SCHOOL OF DRAMA TRUST income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

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