Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

THE BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM AND TELEVISION ARTS

To support, develop and promote the art forms of the moving image, by identifying and rewarding excellence, inspiring pracitioners and benefitting the public.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
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
31/12/23£25,888£27,778£-1,890£8,056£32,844£30,74613.31930
31/12/22£24,982£24,580£402£7,945£34,703£31,06215.21620
31/12/21£17,008£13,130£3,878£5,628£34,260£28,55326.11070
31/12/20£17,737£11,737£6,000£4,598£28,065£23,06223.61270
31/12/19£20,523£15,776£4,747£6,642£22,068£17,45613.31400
31/12/18*£22,453£15,316£7,137£6,556£17,307£15,264121420
31/12/17£14,960£14,110£850£6,262£10,185£8,8077.51390
31/12/16£13,960£13,742£218£5,680£9,319£7,99871420
31/12/15£13,982£13,615£367£5,942£9,064£7,8536.91050
31/12/14£12,840£12,606£234£5,552£8,707£7,4967.1920
31/12/13£12,025£11,194£831£4,939£8,405£7,1217.6810
31/12/12£11,318£10,703£615£5,500£7,460£6,2577860
31/12/11£12,113£10,069£2,045£4,740£6,845£3,9664.7840
31/12/10£6,936£5,673£1,263£4,131£4,853£3,8238.1800
31/12/09£6,140£5,410£730£4,128£3,576£3,1777730
31/12/08£4,714£4,088£626£3,730£3,039£2,6547.8430
31/12/07£4,561£3,829£733£3,658£2,620£2,2337410
31/12/06£4,458£3,428£1,030n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£3,777£3,558£219n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£3,123£2,952£171n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 45.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 29.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £200,000-£250,000
Liabilities/Assets: 34%
Liabilities/Income: 65%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 13.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 61 years
(65 years as a company)

www.bafta.org

kevinp@bafta.org

02077340022

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
J J Charitable Trust - To support the Screenwriters’ Lecture Series
£135,000 14/09/2022
To support the Screenwriters’ Lecture Series
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to BAFTA
£120,000 10/06/2021
Interpretation of collections
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to BAFTA
£85,200 01/06/2016
BAFTA at 70: Do You Remember When...?

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 34-68
  • ADE AMANDA RAWCLIFFE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director Of Creative Diversity
  • ANDREW JAMES MILLER MBE Appointed: 2021
  • ANNA ELIZABETH HIGGS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Head Of Entertainment Facebook
  • BAL SAMRA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Group Commercial Director
  • ELLIOT KNIGHT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Actor
  • JULIE ROBERTA LA'BASSIERE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Uk Awards Lead, Apple Tv +
  • PAUL TAIANO Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • PATRICK KEEGAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Communications Consultant
  • SARA PUTT Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Managing Director
  • SIOBHAN REDDY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Studio Director
  • TARA LOUISE SAUNDERS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Studio Head, Games Development
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/10/1963, number: 216726
  • Registered at Companies House on 31/12/1958, number: 00617869
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 handling
  • 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
  • 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; AR18: 4 days late,
Main office

195 PICCADILLY
LONDON
W1J 9LN

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION AND CULTIVATE AND IMPROVE PUBLIC TASTE IN THE VISUAL ARTS IN PARTICULAR BY STIMULATING ORIGINAL AND CREATIVE PRODUCTION WORK IN THE FIELD OF FILM AND TELEVISION AND OTHER EDUCATION, ENTERTAINMENT AND INFORMATION MEDIA AND BY ENCOURAGING A HIGH STANDARD OF ARTS AND TECHNIQUE IN PERSONS ENGAGED IN SUCH PRODUCTION AND BY ENCOURAGING AND PROMOTING THE RESULTS OF EXPERIMENT AND RESEARCH IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE STANDARD OF THE ART, SCIENCES AND TECHNIQUES OF PRODUCING IN FILM, TELEVISION AND OTHER EDUCATION, ENTERTAINMENT AND INFORMATION MEDIA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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