THE ART ACADEMY
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Executive summary
The Art Academy's 25-year heritage in specialist arts education has been fundamentally undermined by its current administration status, which exposes both the fragility of its financial model and the dysfunction of an oversized 15-director governance structure. Any viable path forward requires radical simplification—streamlining the board, focusing the educational offering, and likely restructuring as a charitable entity to access alternative funding. The institution's survival depends on whether the administrator can extract sufficient value from the brand and educational licenses to attract a strategic partner or buyer before reputational damage becomes terminal.
Overview
- Company type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Incorporated
- 1999-07-06
- Registered office
- Medway Bridge House, 1-8 Fairmeadow, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1JP
- Postcode
- ME14 1JP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-08-31
- Next due by
- 2026-08-31
- Financial year end
- 31 August
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-06-11
- Next due by
- 2026-06-25
Nature of business (SIC)
- 85410 Post-secondary non-tertiary education
- 85421 First-degree level higher education
- 85422 Post-graduate level higher education
Officers 9 current · 21 resigned
Registered charity
THE ART ACADEMY — charity number 1078804
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| THE SCULPTURE ACADEMY | 2003-01-09 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| LAMBERT HOUSE, SOUTHWARK STREET, LONDON, SE1 1RU | 2011-07-20 |
| LAMBERT HOUSE, 55 SOUTHWARK STREET, LONDON, SE1 1RU | 2007-10-04 |
| 201 UNION STREET, LONDON, SE1 0LN | 2007-09-13 |
The class of 1999
43%
of the 64,736 companies incorporated in 1999 are still active today; 55% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2015-11-03
- Where
- Greater London (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SGL285527 | Greater London | Freehold | 2015-11-03 | — |
| SGL318475 | Greater London | Freehold | 2015-11-03 | — |
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