MOUNTVIEW ACADEMY OF THEATRE ARTS LIMITED

Registered charity 274166 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MOUNTVIEW THEATRE SCHOOL LIMITED

To promote and assist in the advancement of education in theatrical art, drama, speech training, public singing, dancing, elocution and other accomplishments and acquirements as may be thought necessary. In particular by the establishment and maintenance of schools or institutes or otherwise, studios, practice rooms and exhibition rooms.

Objects

TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THEATRICAL ART, DRAMA, SPEECH TRAINING, PUBLIC SINGING, DANCING, ELOCUTION AND OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACQUIREMENTS AS MAY BE THOUGHT NECESSARY, IN PARTICULAR BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOLS OR INSTITUTES OR OTHERWISE, STUDIOS, PRACTICE ROOMS AND EXHIBITION ROOMS.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF HARINGEY AND ELSEWHERE

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

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

Registered contact address: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity moved from a net liability position to a net asset position of £3,745,970, largely due to the reversal of accrued loan interest following a restructuring with the London Borough of Southwark. The trustees report adequate resources for the next 12 months and note that excluding the non-cash interest reversal, the charity has strengthened its financial position through diversified income and cost management. However, the document acknowledges ongoing economic volatility and competitive pressures in student recruitment.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2022 (received 13/07/2023, 13 days after the 30/06/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Sally Ann Gritton — Principal and CEO (source)

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.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation — “Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation & LW Theatres Continue Technical Production Arts Scholarships” (source page)
• Little Lion Entertainment — “LITTLE LION ENTERTAINMENT BACKS THE ARTS WITH LANDMARK SUPPORT FOR MOUNTVIEW AND NYT” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% 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: 2.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrianne Chapman
• Elizabeth Holden
• IAIN BARBOUR · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN LLOYD REISS · trustee of 1 other charity
• James Barton
• Janice White · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jennifer Duck
• Jessica Vince-Moin
• Professor Simon Douglas Ofield-Kerr · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tali Pelman
• Timothy Jones
• Timothy Sheader · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Southwark

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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