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LONDON FILM SCHOOL LIMITED

Registered charity 270302 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LONDON FILM SCHOOL, THE LONDON INTERNATIONAL FILM SCHOOL LIMITED

Film School - Training students in the art and technique of filmmaking

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£7.9m
Latest spending
£7.8m
Registered
1975
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity returned to a surplus of £81,231 for the year ended 31 August 2025, following a deficit in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £168,552, which is below the stated policy target of a minimum of £750,000 or one term’s operating costs. The charity has significant unrestricted funds of £2,279,160, largely represented by tangible fixed assets with a net book value of £2,110,608.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a minimum of £750,000 or one term’s operating costs (held: £169k)
“Our intention is to rebuild a free reserve of a minimum of £750,000 or one term’s operating costs to protect the interests of the school and its students.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The School paid £1,900 to a supplier for services provided during the year ended 31 August 2025 (2024 £840). The supplier is the partner of a Governor.
“The School paid £1,900 to a supplier for services provided during the year ended 31 August 2025 (2024 £840). The supplier is the partner of a Governor.” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£7.9m
Total spending
£7.8m
Reserves (reported)
£2.3m
Employees
63

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£7.9m£7.8m
31/08/2024£7.5m£7.9m
31/08/2023£8.0m£6.5m
31/08/2022£6.6m£6.3m
31/08/2021£5.6m£6.0m

Common questions

Is LONDON FILM SCHOOL LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity returned to a surplus of £81,231 for the year ended 31 August 2025, following a deficit in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £168,552, which is below the stated policy target of a minimum of £750,000 or one term’s operating costs. The charity has significant unrestricted funds of £2,279,160, largely represented by tangible fixed assets with a net book value of £2,110,608. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
SCREENSKILLS LIMITED2£110k
NFTS FOUNDATION1£250k
THE DAVID LEAN FOUNDATION1£16k
THE FENTON ARTS TRUST1£8k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST1£5k
The Ashley Family Foundation1£0

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LONDON FILM SCHOOL LIMITED£7.9m——unclear—no doubt
THE GHETTO FILM SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£500k—0below—no doubt
FILM LONDON FY2025£7.4m£150,001 - £160,000—within—no doubt
FILM NATION UK FY2025£6.5m——above—no doubt
NFTS FOUNDATION FY2025£582k—0above—no doubt
CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON ART SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£4.1m—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.