Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 9

Poor Liquidity: -1
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 17

LAMDA LTD

In addition to five validated degree programmes, LAMDA offers a Foundation Course and a number of Diplomas, semester and short courses for the private market. The work of the Drama School is complemented by that of Examinations, through which LAMDA offers a drama and communications-based syllabus leading to accredited and non-accredited awards in the UK and overseas.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 16 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 61 years
(83 years as a company)

www.lamda.ac.uk

enquiries@lamda.ac.uk

02088340500

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/07/22		£13,414	£13,384	£30	£243	£23,014	£1,542	1.4	219
31/07/21		£10,923	£11,989	£-1,065	£0	£22,994	£1,069	1.1	177
31/07/20		£10,466	£12,252	£-1,786	£364	£24,059	£23,711	23.2	196
31/07/19		£12,989	£13,247	£-258	£488	£25,845	£25,471	23.1	210
31/07/18		£11,807	£11,932	£-125	£333	£26,103	£25,785	25.9	115
31/07/17		£13,498	£11,313	£2,185	£594	£26,229	£25,918	27.5	173
31/07/16		£12,488	£9,855	£2,634	£451	£24,044	£23,778	29	97
31/07/15		£13,203	£9,393	£3,810	£472	£21,253	£16,252	20.8	95
31/07/14		£9,184	£8,203	£981	£447	£17,444	£16,065	23.5	86
31/07/13		£8,677	£7,587	£1,090	£445	£16,463	£15,385	24.3	80
31/07/12		£8,088	£7,432	£656	£356	£15,373	£14,390	23.2	76
31/07/11		£15,055	£7,214	£7,841	£452	£14,717	£13,823	23	92
31/07/10		£7,571	£6,665	£905	£474	£6,891	£5,793	10.4	94
31/07/09		£6,550	£6,511	£39	£680	£5,986	£5,555	10.2	92
31/07/08		£5,970	£5,736	£234	£651	£5,947	£5,559	11.6	77
31/07/07		£5,855	£5,408	£447	£0	£5,713	£4,556	10.1	75
31/07/06?		£5,225	£4,753	£473	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/05	*	£5,081	£4,819	£262	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/04		£4,809	£4,491	£318	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 28%
Liabilities/Income: 65%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 7%
Reserves/Spending: 1.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.8

Asset Split ?

What it does

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

Who works here?

219 employees

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Hammersmith And Fulham,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

The Clothworkers Foundation	£240,000
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation	£64,750
DCMS	£41,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to London Academy of Music and Drama
£15,000	11/08/2023	Additional bursary support for a talented undergraduate student from an economically disadvantaged background
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Scholarship to LAMDA
£9,250	01/09/2022	2 year Stage Management Course
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Emergency Resource Support
£41,000	09/12/2021	This fund aims to provide emergency funding awards to culturally significant organisations that were financially sustainable before Covid-19 but are now at imminent risk of failure and have exhausted ....more This fund aims to provide emergency funding awards to culturally significant organisations that were financially sustainable before Covid-19 but are now at imminent risk of failure and have exhausted all other options for increasing their resilience.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Scholarship to LAMDA
£18,500	01/09/2021	2 year Stage Management Course
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Scholarship to LAMDA
£9,250	01/09/2021	1 year BA top up
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Scholarship to LAMDA
£9,250	01/09/2020 24	2 year Stage Management Course
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to London Academy of Music and Drama
£225,000	31/03/2020 36	towards one three year bursary for the next five years to a talented undergraduate student from an economically disadvantaged background
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Scholarship to LAMDA
£18,500	01/09/2019 24	2 year Stage Management Course
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000	16/04/2019	Capacity Building at LAMDA
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Scholarship to LAMDA
£18,500	01/09/2018 24	2 year Stage Management Course
Woodward Charitable Trust - Seat appeal and Lisa Jardine Award Y1
£5,000	02/11/2017	Seat appeal £2,000 and Lisa Jardine Award Y1 £3,000.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Scholarship to LAMDA
£18,500	01/09/2017 24	2 year Stage Management Course
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to (LAMDA) London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art
£94,550	26/07/2017 29	Towards the costs of a programme that supports non-traditional pathways into training and employment in the creative industries for young people from diverse backgrounds across the UK.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Last stages of the major capital appeal to redevelop the Talgarth Road
£15,000	28/11/2016	Towards the last stages of the major capital appeal to redevelop the Talgarth Road site for drama students.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Scholarship to LAMDA
£18,000	01/09/2016 24	2 year Stage Management Course
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the capital redevelopment of the Talgarth site
£200,000	30/01/2014	Towards the capital redevelopment of the Talgarth site.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (16)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 13/16 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-70

ALEX JOSEPH FARRELL Appointed: 2023

ANNABEL CHISHA MUTALE REED Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Lead Practitioner (Music And Singing)

DAVID ROPER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chartered Accountant, Other trusteeships: NATIONAL YOUTH CHOIRS OF GREAT BRITAIN, SOLIHULL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,

HELEN SARAH WRIGHT Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chief Operating Officer

JOANNE MARGARET HIRST Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director Of Business Improvement And Regulation

KATHERINE AGNETA CHANNON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: None

LORD THOMAS ORLANDO CHANDOS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Venture Capitalist

LEAH ISABELLE MELANIE FERGUSON Appointed: 2021

MICHELLE JANICE DAISLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Management Consultant

OLGA BASIROV Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Consultant/Company Director

PROFESSOR CAROLE-ANNE UPTON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Pro Vice-Chancellor And Executive Dean

PROFESSOR MOHAMMAD DASTBAZ Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University Of Suffolk

RT HON SHAUN ANTHONY WOODWARD (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired

RORY MICHAEL KINNEAR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Actor

SHAMEZ ALIBHAI Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Partner, Cheyne Capital Social Property Impact Fun

THOMAS LAING-BAKER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Associate Partner For Kpmg

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/03/1963, number: 312821
Registered at Companies House on 20/12/1940, number: 00364456

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR05: 18 days late,

Main office

155 TALGARTH ROAD
LONDON
W14 9DA

Objectives

THE OBJECTS ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BY MAINTAINING AND CARRYING ON A CONSERVATOIRE, ACADEMY, COLLEGE, HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION, SCHOOL OR EXAMINATIONS BOARD IN LONDON, WITH BRANCHES IN ANY PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE WHERE CHILDREN AND STUDENTS MAY RECEIVE A SOUND EDUCATION AND TUITION IN DRAMATIC ART, MUSIC AND ALL ITS BRANCHES, INCLUDING ASSOCIATED TRADES AND SKILLS, EMBRACING BOTH PRACTICE AND THEORY, AND SO FAR AS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE ABOVE PURPOSE IN LANGUAGES, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE GIVING AND HOLDING OF LECTURES, PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONS, CLASSES AND MEETINGS FOR THE PURPOSE AFORESAID, AND TO OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS, PRIZES, QUALIFICATIONS, CERTIFICATES AND MEDALS FOR THE PURPOSE AFORESAID.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ANY PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE

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