Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 0
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -10 ?

BBC MEDIA ACTION (INDIA) LIMITED 

BBC Media Action (India) Limited uses media and communication to reduce poverty and promote human rights in India, thereby enabling people to build better lives. BBC Media Action (India) Limited is focusing on health and resilience and humanitarian response issues in India.
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Positives:

  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 2 trustees
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data ?

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 Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,566£1,566£0£0£21£210.2230
31/03/22£1,626£1,626£0£0£21£210.2300
31/03/21£1,680£1,680£0£0£21£210.1310
31/03/20£1,763£1,763£0£0£21£210.1380
31/03/19£3,092£3,092£0£0£21£210.1420
31/03/18£3,711£3,711£0£0£21£210.1840
31/03/17£3,966£3,966£0£0£21£210.11020
31/03/16£3,717£3,717£0£0£21£0n/a1000
31/03/15£3,234£3,234£0£9£21£210.11080
31/03/14£5,030£5,030£0£8£21£210880
31/03/13£5,934£5,934£0£9£21£210640
31/03/12£1,762£1,762£0£11£21£210.1360
31/03/11£1,712£1,712£0£12£21£210.1240
31/03/10£1,196£1,194£3£11£21£210.2190
31/03/09£1,751£1,751£0£6£18£180.1190

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 15%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 97%
Liabilities/Income: 41%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 0.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.2
Asset Split ?
Established: 16 years
(31 years as a company)

www.bbcmediaaction.org

media.action@bbc.co.uk

07753302850

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • India,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 23 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 44-62
  • JULIA RANK Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Accountant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/11/2007, number: 1121665
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/09/1992, number: 02746733
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
Filing Record
15 returns made; all on time
Main office

British Broadcasting Corporation
Wogan House
Portland Place
LONDON
W1A 1AA

Objectives

1 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; AND2 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, 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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, ASIA, AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST.

Data Sources

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