City & Guilds Art School Property Trust

Registered charity 312871 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON ART SCHOOL LTD, CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON ART SCHOOL PROPERTY TRUST, THE CITY AND GUILDS ART SCHOOL

The principal activity of the Trust, which was founded in 1879, is to support the teaching and training students in the Arts, Crafts and Sciences of the Fine Arts. The Trust maintains and develops the land and buildings occupied by the City & Guilds of London Art School, which operates as a separate independent charity since 1 April 2012 following a business transfer agreement.

Objects

ART SCHOOL.

Area of benefit: CITY OF LONDON

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£315k

Latest spending

£327k

Registered

1970

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Charity held negative free reserves of £22,806 at 31 August 2025, resulting in a net current liabilities position. However, the Trustees concluded that there are no material uncertainties related to the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern, citing sufficient working capital from core rental income and the ability to secure loans against assets if needed.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Management charge from City and Guilds of London Art School

“The Art School charged the Charity a management fee for services provided of £54,196 (2024 — £53,737), of which £8,668 was outstanding at the year end.” — page 24

“The Trust recognised rental income from the Art School of £315,164 plus VAT in rent during the year (2024 — £307,573 plus VAT), of which £nil was outstanding at the year end.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Rental income from City and Guilds of London Art School

“The Art School charged the Charity a management fee for services provided of £54,196 (2024 — £53,737), of which £8,668 was outstanding at the year end.” — page 24

“The Trust recognised rental income from the Art School of £315,164 plus VAT in rent during the year (2024 — £307,573 plus VAT), of which £nil was outstanding at the year end.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 3 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 00992490

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

MAUDE, Francis Hugh — director, appointed 25/06/2025on trustee list
BROADHURST, Robin Shedden — director, appointed 27/11/2024not on trustee list
SCHRODER, Timothy Bruno — director, appointed 04/11/2020on trustee list
YARROW, Alan Colin Drake, Sir — director, appointed 12/06/2019on trustee list
CAREY, Humphrey Peter — director, appointed 11/06/2018on trustee list
TAYLOR, John Campbell Meade — director, appointed 14/05/2009not on trustee list
FINUCANE, Brendan Godfrey Eamonn — director, appointed 15/02/2006on trustee list
RAMPLEY, Nicholas — secretary, appointed 01/06/2022

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

Brendan Godfrey Eamonn Finucane · trustee of 4 other charities
Dr Timothy Schroder · trustee of 2 other charities
Francis Hugh Cornwallis Maude · trustee of 1 other charity
Humphrey Carey
JOHN TAYLOR MBE
Robin Shedden Broadhurst CVO CBE · trustee of 1 other charity
Sir Alan Yarrow

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

Operates in: Lambeth

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£315k	£327k
31/08/2024	£308k	£352k
31/08/2023	£304k	£379k
31/08/2022	£246k	£327k
31/08/2021	£242k	£439k

Common questions

Is City & Guilds Art School Property Trust financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Charity held negative free reserves of £22,806 at 31 August 2025, resulting in a net current liabilities position. However, the Trustees concluded that there are no material uncertainties related to the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern, citing sufficient working capital from core rental income and the ability to secure loans against assets if needed. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ARDEOLA CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£150k
THE ANTHONY AND ELIZABETH MELLOWS CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£50k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON ART SCHOOL LIMITED.

CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON ART SCHOOL LIMITED income £4.1m
THE COMPANY OF ARTS SCHOLARS CHARITABLE TRUST income £253k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
City & Guilds Art School Property Trust	£315k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON ART SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025	£4.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE COMPANY OF ARTS SCHOLARS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£253k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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