The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The National Film and Television School

Registered charity 313429 Registered since 1970

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

22 trustees on the board

4.4y median 3y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (21)

Portfolio (1)

18
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 22Education/training 22Environment/conservation/heritage 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Tech and media 83Business services 27Education 23

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£25.0m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

4.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 9.1 in 2021

159 from 118 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.nfts.co.uk
Emailinfo@nfts.co.uk
Phone01497731330
AddressNATIONAL FILM & TELEVISION SCHOOL, STATION ROAD, BEACONSFIELD, HP9 1LG

Finances

£25,007,413 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£16,214,975£16,100,580
2022£19,248,407£18,500,827
2023£22,246,494£21,339,325
2024£24,386,836£22,470,587
2025£25,007,413£23,139,530

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

1. TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN THIS CONNECTION TO CARRY ON A SCHOOL IN GREAT BRITAIN FOR THE TRAINING OF PERSONS EMPLOYED OR TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MAKING OF FILMS. 2. TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION IN THE ART OF MAKING CINEMATOGRAPH AND OTHER FILMS. 3. TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION IN THE PRODUCTION OF PROGRAMMES FOR TELEVISION.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 11TH JUNE 1970 AND AMENDED 24TH SEPT 1986. as amended on 05 Dec 1990 as amended on 04 Apr 2001 as amended on 29 Jun 2004 as amended on 31 Oct 2013 as amended on 27 Mar 2018

Trustees (22)

22trustees
59median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

National Film and Television School(the) · 00981908 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 11/06/1970

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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