LONDON FILM SCHOOL LIMITED

1. LONDON FILM SCHOOL LIMITED 2017-04-03 → present
2. LONDON INTERNATIONAL FILM SCHOOL LIMITED(THE) 1975-01-20 → 2017-04-03

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

HaysMac LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Governing Body have concluded that there are no material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the charity to continue as a going concern.”

Significant events

• “London Film School has seen significant development over the past 12 months with the appointment of senior leadership positions, including School Director, Chris Auty and the development of the School's magnificent new principal teaching building in Covent Garden...”
• “...selection for the third year in a row of an LFS graduate film in one of the main competitive selections for student work at the Cannes Film Festival 2024.”
• “Throughout the past year, we have embraced opportunity and managed the challenges facing us - not least in overcoming the disruption caused by building works around our Shelton Street historic home, as the final phase of the exciting Covent Garden Yards property development came to fruition in the year under review. The School's ability to adapt to changing environments and deliver growth has been crucial.”
• “Chris Auty was appointed School Director and CEO in November 2023. Chris had been a senior Head of Department at the National Film and Television School for the previous ten years.”
• “Charis Coke also joined as Course Leader in September 2023... Mark Prescott was also appointed as Head of New Business and Training. ...Rod Jones was appointed acting COO in October 2023.”
• “LFS offers a wide range of workshops for professional development, developing skills and creativity, or simply exploring a passion for cinema.”
• “This was an exceptional year, with a particular concentration of outcomes during the Cannes Film Festival in May 2024. MA Filmmaking grad Dovydas Draksas saw his LFS graduation film Praeis selected in La Cinef - the main Cannes official Palme competition for student films from around the world.”
• “Alumni success at Cannes in 2024 also included filmmaking alumni Cem Demirer and Sebastian Lojo. Their film Noksan won the Canal+ Award for Short Film in Semaine de la Critique at Cannes 2024.”
• “From September 2023 until August 2024 a total of 160 students graduated from the three MA programmes: 41 for MA Screenwriting, 79 for MA Filmmaking and 40 for MA International Film Business.”
• “The School has offered 25 short course workshops for film and television professionals in the past year.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -7.4%

  £7,844,155 → £7,263,634

• Cash

  -28%

  £4,662,072 → £3,358,622

• Net assets

  -15.2%

  £2,614,614 → £2,217,548

• Employees

  -10.9%

  64 → 57

• Operating profit

  -133%

  £1,447,727 → -£477,158

• Wages

  +10.1%

  £2,567,224 → £2,826,614

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers