Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 3

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

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 9

BBC MEDIA ACTION

BBC Media Action uses media and communication to reduce poverty and promote human rights, thereby enabling people to build better lives. We work in more than 40 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East and Central Asia. We have three main thematic areas: health, governance and humanitarian, and two subsidiary areas: education/livelihoods and climate.

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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

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: 25 years

www.bbcmediaaction.org

media.action@bbc.co.uk

02036144272

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
31/03/23		£34,969	£35,823	£-854	£216	£3,307	£3,273	1.1	531
31/03/22		£34,229	£34,514	£-285	£187	£4,161	£4,127	1.4	561
31/03/21		£39,949	£40,028	£-79	£175	£4,446	£4,412	1.3	625
31/03/20		£40,809	£41,714	£-905	£294	£4,525	£4,491	1.3	618
31/03/19		£37,682	£38,648	£-966	£310	£5,430	£5,396	1.7	622
31/03/18		£35,390	£35,928	£-538	£234	£6,396	£6,362	2.1	620
31/03/17		£44,151	£43,763	£388	£241	£6,935	£6,901	1.9	838
31/03/16		£45,278	£43,953	£1,325	£331	£6,547	£6,513	1.8	832
31/03/15		£47,435	£46,907	£528	£685	£5,222	£5,165	1.3	771
31/03/14		£40,381	£40,094	£287	£620	£4,694	£4,694	1.4	728
31/03/13		£39,977	£38,788	£1,189	£508	£4,407	£4,407	1.4	571
31/03/12		£29,483	£28,679	£804	£567	£3,218	£3,218	1.3	500
31/03/11		£24,768	£24,466	£302	£592	£2,414	£2,414	1.2	518
31/03/10		£28,204	£27,058	£1,146	£411	£2,112	£2,112	0.9	589
31/03/09		£20,871	£20,279	£592	£261	£966	£966	0.6	512
31/03/08		£17,946	£18,336	£-390	£330	£374	£374	0.2	398
31/03/07		£17,624	£18,008	£-384	£196	£764	£764	0.5	439
31/03/06		£16,758	£16,398	£360	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/05	*	£13,396	£13,148	£248	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/04	*	£10,304	£10,049	£254	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 68%
Liabilities/Income: 20%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 1.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Education/Training
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Burma, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Vietnam, Zambia,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

531 employees

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - COP26 Glasgow - Building a Climate Resilient Future Event
£8,212	01/04/2021	The over-arching ambition is to raise global awareness, action and investment into climate resilience and adaptation.
Comic Relief - Communication for Healthy Behaviour, Achieving Reduced Malaria (CHARM)
£1,031,241	19/07/2017 24	Malaria is the leading cause of death in children under-5 in Sierra Leone, and a major risk for pregnant women. This project will develop and carry out a national mass media programme using radio and ....more Malaria is the leading cause of death in children under-5 in Sierra Leone, and a major risk for pregnant women. This project will develop and carry out a national mass media programme using radio and television, including interactive community dialogue sessions, targeting women of childbearing age, their partners and other caregivers. The project will increase knowledge about malaria and change perceptions and attitudes about the risks that malaria poses to health – this will lead to more people using preventative measures such as bed nets, and more people seeking health care promptly when they first see symptoms, promoting prompt and accurate testing/diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
Nesta - AC00588
£10,500	14/12/2016 3	Digital Innovation Fund for the Arts in Wales programme grant to BBC Cymru Wales Grant Ref AC00588
Comic Relief - Mi Stori
£255,834	13/05/2016 11	Partly because of the civil war, young people in Sierra Leone have been maligned and marginalized. Attitudes are starting to change because of the active and valued role young people played in the ....more Partly because of the civil war, young people in Sierra Leone have been maligned and marginalized. Attitudes are starting to change because of the active and valued role young people played in the Ebola outbreak. This project will give them a media platform to express themselves and tell their stories of achievement and success. Comic Relief funds will be used to produce a new youth radio show and documentaries made by and for young Sierra Leoneans. As a result of the project, a space will be created for the voices of young people in Sierra Leone to be heard more in the future with broadcasters and politicians increasingly recognizing the legitimacy of that voice.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 10/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 39-76

AWO SELASI ABLO Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director

FRANCESCA MARY UNSWORTH Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Journalist

GAVIN ALEXANDER MANN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Management Consultant

JULIA RUTH RANK Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Accountant

LINDSEY NORTH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: BBC MEDIA ACTION (INDIA) LIMITED,

MICHAEL JAMES WOOLDRIDGE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Journalist, Other trusteeship: WOMA WORLD OF MUSIC AND ARTS ASSIST,

NICHOLAS JAMES PICKLES Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Publicity Director

PHILLIP JOHN HARROLD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Secretary

PROFESSOR MYLES ANTONY WICKSTEAD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Self Employed

REETA CHAKRABARTI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Journalist, Other trusteeship: KEATS - SHELLEY MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED),

SHIRLEY CAMERON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Group Financial Controller, Other trusteeship: HANSARD SOCIETY LIMITED,

SOPHIA SWITHERN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Head Of Research And Analysis

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/06/1999, number: 1076235
Registered at Companies House on 26/02/1998, number: 03521587

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

British Broadcasting Corporation
Wogan House
Portland Place
LONDON
W1A 1AA

Objectives

1. THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF JOURNALISTS AND ALL OTHERS ENGAGED IN THE BROADCAST MEDIA IN THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF JOURNALISM, PROGRAMME PRODUCTION, BROADCASTING AND RELATED MEDIA SKILLS INCLUDING ETHICS AND CODES OF CONDUCT, TECHNICAL PRESENTATION AND WRITING SKILLS, INCLUDING ETHICS AND CODES OF CONDUCT, TECHNICAL PRESENTATION AND WRITING SKILLS, INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES, PRESS AND NEWS CONFERENCES, RELEVANT LAW AND NEWSROOM ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES SO AS TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF BALANCE, FAIRNESS, INTEGRITY AND PROFESSIONALISM; AND 2. THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES INCLUDING HEALTH, LAW, SOCIAL POLICY, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, HISTORY, POLITICS, ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, LANGUAGES, AND IN THE AVAILABILITY OF EDUCATION, AND IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PRODUCTION AND BROADCASTING AND OTHER DISSEMINATION OF EDUCATIONAL FILMS AND RADIO AND TELEVISION PROGRAMMES AND THE PUBLICATION OF OTHER EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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