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The National Film and Television School
The National Film and Television School is an active UK company (number 00981908), incorporated 1970, with 22 current directors including Alison Louise Spencer and Professor John Edward Vinney. Source: Companies House, updated 18th October 2026.
Technical and vocational secondary education
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Who leads it
- Alison Louise SpencerDirector · since 2026
- Professor John Edward VinneyDirector · since 2026
- Ashraf AtallaDirector · since 2026
- Patrik FullerDirector · since 2026
- Kathrine Bjerring Wandall-HolmDirector · since 2026
- Farhana BhulaDirector · since 2025
- Katharine Sian PhillipsDirector · since 2025
- Andy HarriesDirector · since 2024
- Paloma BaezaDirector · since 2024
- Cecile Frot-CoutazDirector · since 2024
- Paul Francis ClarkDirector · since 2024
- Julian Christopher BellamyDirector · since 2024
- John Howard LeeDirector · since 2023
- Polly Clare CochraneDirector · since 2023
- Caroline Louise SilverDirector · since 2023
- David Scott ForrestDirector · since 2023
- Charlotte Alexandra PerryDirector · since 2022
- Sophie Henrietta Turner LaingDirector · since 2022
- Hilary StrongDirector · since 2021
- Dr Jonathan Peter WardleDirector · since 2019
- Pukar Surendra MehtaDirector · since 2019
- Andrew Imre Flint MacdonaldDirector · since 2017
- Trevor HallSecretary · since 2016
Previous officers 121
- Angus Blair 2025-2025 View profile
- Christopher John Bird 2024-2025 View profile
- Eloise Christine Maria Jenninger 2024-2024 View profile
- Max Uldahl Pedersen 2023-2023 View profile
- Oliver John Madden 2022-2025 View profile
- Miranda Ann Wayland 2022-2024 View profile
- Georgia Louise Brown 2022-2022 View profile
- Leto Stojanovic Meade 2022-2022 View profile
- Rose Penelope Garnett 2021-2022 View profile
- Danielle Goff 2021-2022 View profile
- Joe Seth Bradbury-Walters 2020-2023 View profile
- Mary Stiasny Stiasny 2020-2023 View profile
- Riffat Ahmed 2020-2021 View profile
- Philip Edward Edgar-Jones 2019-2024 View profile
- Edoardo Mario Pinto 2019-2020 View profile
- Caroline Daniela Kavan Woodford Hollick 2018-2024 View profile
- Siobhan Margaret Reddy 2018-2021 View profile
- Patrick Fuller 2017-2025 View profile
- Timothy Kyte 2017-2020 View profile
- Beth Anna Willis 2017-2018 View profile
- Paidamoyo Alice Mutonono 2017-2018 View profile
- Naomi Wendy Climer 2017-2018 View profile
- Geoffrey Joel Crossick 2017-2026 View profile
- Laurent David Henri Samama 2017-2026 View profile
- Raja Adil Rehman 2017-2026 View profile
- Ade Amanda Rawcliffe 2016-2017 View profile
- Oliver Richard Hyatt 2015-2024 View profile
- Ian Andrew Shepherd 2015-2017 View profile
- Balraj Samra 2015-2024 View profile
- Ian Lewis Lewis 2014-2023 View profile
- Tracey Price 2014-2017 View profile
- Piers John Wenger 2013-2016 View profile
- Philip Robert Harrison 2012-2018 View profile
- Donna Taberer 2012-2014 View profile
- Susan Nicola Vertue 2012-2022 View profile
- Professor Alan John Cummings 2011-2016 View profile
- Daniel Roderick Villaret Brooke 2011-2013 View profile
- Simon Shaps 2009-2013 View profile
- Michael Paul Frederick Hamlyn 2009-2014 View profile
- Peter Scott Barron 2008-2017 View profile
- Thomas Matthew Betts 2008-2018 View profile
- Sally Debonnaire 2008-2012 View profile
- Angela Dorothy Roberts 2008-2012 View profile
- Lisa Moreen Opie 2007-2009 View profile
- David Charles Dawson-Pick 2007-2007 View profile
- Iona Elisabeth Lois Jones 2006-2011 View profile
- Colin James Brown 2005-2012 View profile
- Tessa Sarah Ross 2005-2011 View profile
- Judy Ann Counihan 2004-2005 View profile
- Nigel Escot Paine 2004-2006 View profile
- James Richard Baker 2004-2007 View profile
- Peter David Meier 2003-2005 View profile
- David Alan Sproxton 2002-2015 View profile
- Peter Robin Paxton 2002-2007 View profile
- Simon George Michael Relph 2002-2014 View profile
- Sir Peter Lytton Bazalgette 2002-2009 View profile
- Michael Ashton Kuhn 2002-2009 View profile
- John Berwyn Rowlands 2002-2006 View profile
- Steven William Mertz 2002-2021 View profile
- Jane Elizabeth Stuart Lighting 2001-2007 View profile
- Mark Brian Sharman 2001-2004 View profile
- Thomas Richard Nelson 2001-2003 View profile
- Duncan Hamish Kenworthy 2001-2014 View profile
- Stephen David Louis 2001-2021 View profile
- Glenwyn Benson 2001-2008 View profile
- Charles Ashley Hill 2001-2004 View profile
- Janet Sheila Walker 2000-2003 View profile
- Paul Norman Oneile 2000-2002 View profile
- Margaret Salmon 2000-2001 View profile
- Clive William Jones 1998-2012 View profile
- Timothy John Bevan 1998-2009 View profile
- John Charles Mcvay 1998-2012 View profile
- Catherine Neave Wilson 1998-2001 View profile
- Robert Harold Ferrers Devereux 1997-2000 View profile
- Eric Hartley Senat 1997-2000 View profile
- Stephen Roger Morrison 1997-2003 View profile
- Simon Frank Perry 1997-2003 View profile
- Jane Drabble 1997-1999 View profile
- Sir Alexander Rupert Gavin 1996-2001 View profile
- Dr Floella Benjamin 1996-2014 View profile
- Joyce Taylor 1996-2001 View profile
- Andrea Calderwood 1996-2005 View profile
- Marc Jack Wylie Samuelson 1996-2004 View profile
- Ann Beynon 1996-2002 View profile
- David Keith Elstein 1996-2002 View profile
- Chandos, Thomas Orlando, Viscount 1996-2001 View profile
- Stewart Myles Till 1994-1997 View profile
- Roger Bolton 1994-2006 View profile
- Christine Walker 1993-1997 View profile
- Moira Armstrong 1993-2000 View profile
- Andrew Norman Allan 1993-1998 View profile
- Jonathan Leslie Powell 1993-1995 View profile
- Noella Vivienne Olive Smith 1993-1995 View profile
- Charles Wesoky 1992-1995 View profile
- Sarah Radclyffe 1992-1995 View profile
- Alan Will Wyatt 1997 View profile
- Alan Yentob 1997 View profile
- Linda Margaret James 1997 View profile
- Angus John Macdonald 1997 View profile
- Michael Robert Williams-Jones 1997 View profile
- Lord David Puttnam of Queensgate 1996 View profile
- The Lord Brabourne 1995 View profile
- Susan Lawley 1995 View profile
- Timothy Peckover Burrill 1992 View profile
- James Garrett 1993 View profile
- Alan Sapper 1994 View profile
- Euryn Ogwen Williams 1994 View profile
- Margaret Helen Matheson 1992 View profile
- Joan Barbara Grigor 1994 View profile
- Brian Tesler 1995 View profile
- Frank William Mcgettigan 2000 View profile
- Sir David Berriman 1992 View profile
- Richard Johann Dunn 1992 View profile
- Stephen Arthur Frears 1993 View profile
- Victoria Topham 2015-2015 View profile
- Phil Doggett 2014-2015 View profile
- Eamon Gerard Sullivan 2005-2014 View profile
- James Rodda 1996-2005 View profile
- Henning Camre 1996-1996 View profile
- Henning Canre 1996-1996 View profile
- Anthony Robert Rose 1996 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Technical and vocational secondary education
- Incorporated
- 11/06/1970
- Registered office
- Beaconsfield
- Also a registered charity
- The National Film and Television School
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The National Film and Television School on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
2 other companies in this group
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Grants received
9 grants · £4,996,077 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £2,500,469 (2 grants)
- Department for Education · £1,995,608 (6 grants)
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £500,000
Most recent
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Education
- Department for Education
- Department for Education
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
22 directors on the board
- Hilary Strong Director · appointed 2021
- Kathrine Bjerring Wandall-Holm Director · appointed 2026
- David Scott Forrest Director · appointed 2023
- Ashraf Atalla Director · appointed 2026
- Cecile Frot-Coutaz Director · appointed 2024
- Andy Harries Director · appointed 2024
- Pukar Surendra Mehta Director · appointed 2019
- Charlotte Alexandra Perry Director · appointed 2022
- John Howard Lee Director · appointed 2023
- Dr Jonathan Peter Wardle Director · appointed 2019
- Julian Christopher Bellamy Director · appointed 2024
- Polly Clare Cochrane Director · appointed 2023
- Paul Francis Clark Director · appointed 2024
- Professor John Edward Vinney Director · appointed 2026
- Patrik Fuller Director · appointed 2026
- Katharine Sian Phillips Director · appointed 2025
- Paloma Baeza Director · appointed 2024
- Caroline Louise Silver Director · appointed 2023
- Andrew Imre Flint Macdonald Director · appointed 2017
- Sophie Henrietta Turner Laing Director · appointed 2022
- Farhana Bhula Director · appointed 2025
- Alison Louise Spencer Director · appointed 2026
Directors past 6 years
- Pukar Surendra Mehta Director · appointed 2019
- Dr Jonathan Peter Wardle Director · appointed 2019
- Andrew Imre Flint Macdonald Director · appointed 2017
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (11)
- David Scott Forrest Director · appointed 2023
- Ashraf Atalla Director · appointed 2026
- Cecile Frot-Coutaz Director · appointed 2024
- Andy Harries Director · appointed 2024
- Charlotte Alexandra Perry Director · appointed 2022
- Dr Jonathan Peter Wardle Director · appointed 2019
- Professor John Edward Vinney Director · appointed 2026
- Patrik Fuller Director · appointed 2026
- Katharine Sian Phillips Director · appointed 2025
- Paloma Baeza Director · appointed 2024
- Alison Louise Spencer Director · appointed 2026
Portfolio (11)
- Hilary Strong Director · appointed 2021
- Kathrine Bjerring Wandall-Holm Director · appointed 2026
- Pukar Surendra Mehta Director · appointed 2019
- John Howard Lee Director · appointed 2023
- Julian Christopher Bellamy Director · appointed 2024
- Polly Clare Cochrane Director · appointed 2023
- Paul Francis Clark Director · appointed 2024
- Caroline Louise Silver Director · appointed 2023
- Andrew Imre Flint Macdonald Director · appointed 2017
- Sophie Henrietta Turner Laing Director · appointed 2022
- Farhana Bhula Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Geoffrey Joel Crossick Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2026
- Laurent David Henri Samama Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2026
- Patrick Fuller Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2025
- Raja Adil Rehman Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2026
- Angus Blair Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2025
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00981908
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 30/04/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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