THE NATIONAL FILM AND TELEVISION SCHOOL

Registered charity 313429 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE NATIONAL FILM SCHOOL · also registered in Scotland as SC048472 (OSCR)

Training and education for film, television, games and the creative industries

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the School delivered a total comprehensive income of £2.3m for the year ended 31 July 2025, with net assets increasing to £18.6m. Per the trustees' report, the School maintains a significant pension scheme deficit of £1.1m, which is projected to be recovered by September 2029 through ongoing contributions.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• National Film and Television School bbc.com · 15/05/2026
• National Film and Television School Launches New Scholarship with Hans Zimmer's Composer Collective theviolinchannel.com · 01/05/2026
• Update on £21m National Film and Television School expansion as construction begins bucksfreepress.co.uk · 27/02/2026
• National Film and Television School hopes for third Bafta win bbc.com · 21/02/2026
• NATIONAL FILM AND TELEVISION SCHOOL TO HOST FREE CAREER SESSIONS ON ISLE OF WIGHT islandecho.co.uk · 18/02/2026
• National Film and Television School expands games offering with new animation and indie development courses gamesindustry.biz · 22/12/2025
• National Film and Television School Director Jon Wardle Unpacks His 5 Takeaways From Graduate Impact Report (Exclusive) hollywoodreporter.com · 07/10/2025

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00981908
• Trading subsidiary: NFTS ENTERPRISES LTD Companies House 01431773

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — National Film and Television School (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• YouTube — “YouTube Invests £2 Million To Expand Partnership With NFTS and Grow Creative Skills Across the UK” (source page)
• BBC — “launched by the NFTS in partnership with YouTube and the BBC in January 2026” (source page)
• The Walt Disney Company — “The Walt Disney Company” (source page)
• Dana and Albert R Broccoli Foundation — “Dana and Albert R Broccoli Foundation” (source page)
• The David Lean Foundation — “The David Lean Foundation” (source page)
• Entertainment Partners — “Entertainment Partners” (source page)
• The Leverhulme Trust — “The Leverhulme Trust” (source page)
• The Lew Grade Memorial Fund — “The Lew Grade Memorial Fund” (source page)
• The UIP Charitable Trust — “The UIP Charitable Trust” (source page)

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.

• VINNEY, John Edward, Professor — director, appointed 22/03/2026not on trustee list
• ATALLA, Ashraf — director, appointed 25/02/2026not on trustee list
• FULLER, Patrik — director, appointed 03/01/2026not on trustee list
• WANDALL-HOLM, Kathrine Bjerring — director, appointed 01/01/2026not on trustee list
• BHULA, Farhana — director, appointed 25/11/2025on trustee list
• PHILLIPS, Katharine Sian — director, appointed 23/09/2025not on trustee list
• BAEZA, Paloma — director, appointed 24/09/2024on trustee list
• HARRIES, Andy — director, appointed 24/09/2024on trustee list
• FROT-COUTAZ, Cecile — director, appointed 18/06/2024on trustee list
• CLARK, Paul Francis — director, appointed 18/06/2024on trustee list
• BELLAMY, Julian Christopher — director, appointed 27/02/2024on trustee list
• LEE, John Howard — director, appointed 26/09/2023on trustee list
• SILVER, Caroline Louise — director, appointed 01/09/2023on trustee list
• COCHRANE, Polly Clare — director, appointed 01/09/2023on trustee list
• FORREST, David Scott — director, appointed 21/02/2023on trustee list
• TURNER LAING, Sophie Henrietta — director, appointed 01/09/2022not on trustee list
• PERRY, Charlotte Alexandra — director, appointed 01/09/2022on trustee list
• STRONG, Hilary — director, appointed 05/10/2021on trustee list
• WARDLE, Jonathan Peter, Dr — director, appointed 19/11/2019not on trustee list
• MEHTA, Pukar Surendra — director, appointed 26/03/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 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 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (87% 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: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sophie Turner Laingchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Andrew Macdonald
• Andy Harries
• Angus Blair
• Caroline Silver
• Cecile Frot-Coutaz
• Charlotte Alexandra Perry
• Farhana Bhula
• Hilary Strong
• John Lee
• Jon Wardle
• Julian Bellamy
• Kate Phillips
• Laurent Samama
• PATRICK FULLER
• Paloma Baeza
• Paul Clark
• Polly Cochrane
• Professor Geoffrey Crossick
• Pukar Surendra Mehta
• Raja Adil Rehman
• Scott Forrest

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Sophie Turner Laing — trustee here and at THE DAVID LEAN FOUNDATION

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NFTS FOUNDATION.

• NFTS FOUNDATION income £582k
• FILM NATION UK income £6.5m
• LONDON FILM SCHOOL LIMITED income £7.9m
• THE FILM AND TELEVISION CHARITY income £2.7m
• BOLTON SCHOOL income £35.9m
• LEARNING ON SCREEN - THE BRITISH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES FILM AND VIDEO COUNCIL income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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