Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 0

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

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

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 6

THE BRITISH INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF IRAQ (GERTRUDE BELL MEMORIAL)

BISI is dedicated to advancing research and public education about Iraq in the areas of the arts, humanities and social sciences. The charity's activities include: giving grants to support research and outreach projects; publishing the journal IRAQ and texts on Iraq's history and culture; arranging public lectures and study days; and a Visiting Iraqi Scholarship Programme.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
Why are there 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£175	£187	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22?	£61	£117	£-57	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/21	£73	£102	£-29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/20	£124	£166	£-42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/19	£135	£177	£-42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/18	£127	£145	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/17	£103	£158	£-55	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/16	£106	£151	£-45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/15	£90	£135	£-44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/14	£106	£188	£-82	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/13	£106	£39	£67	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/12	£97	£161	£-64	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/11	£4,021	£1,548	£2,473	£16	£2,848	£2,623	20.3	1	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 15 years

https://www.bisi.ac.uk

bisi@britac.ac.uk

02079695274

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes grants to individuals
Makes grants to organisations
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Iraq,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 12/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-78

CLARE CHARLOTTE BEBBINGTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Business Consultant

DR TIMOTHY CLAYDEN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Bursar

DANIEL LOWE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Curator

DR ERICA CAMILLA DIANA HUNTER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Lecturer

DR EVA ROSE MILLER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Postdoctoral Fellow

DR GARETH BRERETON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Curator At The British Museum

DR JOHN CURTIS Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Ceo Of The Iran Heritage Foundation

DR MARY ANN SHEPPERSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Lecturer

DR NOORAH AL-GAILANI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Museum Curator

DR PAUL COLLINS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Museum Curator

DR RENAD MANSOUR Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Senior Research Fellow

DR ROSALIND ANNE WADE HADDON (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Lecturer

FRANK BAKER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Ambassador

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/04/2010, number: 1135395
Registered at Companies House on 20/07/2009, number: 06966984

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

18/03/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE BRITISH INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF IRAQ (GERTRUDE BELL MEMORIAL)
08/10/2020 - Asset transfer in from FRIENDS OF BASRAH MUSEUM

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
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

13 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from FRIENDS OF BASRAH MUSEUM on 08/10/2020

Main office

BRITISH ACADEMY
10 CARLTON HOUSE TERRACE
LONDON
SW1Y 5AH

Objectives

(A) TO ADVANCE RESEARCH AND PUBLIC EDUCATION RELATING TO IRAQ AND THE NEIGHBOURINGCOUNTRIES IN ANTHROPOLOGY, ARCHAEOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, LANGUAGE AND RELATEDDISCIPLINES WITHIN THE ARTS, HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

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