Finance Score: -7

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 8

Good reserves management: +3
Accounts overdue -5
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

12+ Trustees: -1
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 3

THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES

To inspire, recognise and support high achievement in the humanities and social sciences throughout the UK and internationally, and to champion their role and value.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 25 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Latest accounts are overdue for filing
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 58 years

http://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

finance@thebritishacademy.ac.uk

02079695200

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
01/01/70	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22	£54,995	£54,501	£493	£2,413	£39,991	£26,088	5.7	93
31/03/21	£63,032	£63,348	£-316	£1,441	£38,793	£25,532	4.8	85
31/03/20	£60,728	£60,831	£-103	£3,013	£35,017	£23,836	4.7	86
31/03/19	£52,915	£52,414	£501	£2,514	£37,256	£24,914	5.7	72
31/03/18	£62,248	£47,001	£15,247	£2,204	£35,704	£24,258	6.2	65
31/03/17	£39,539	£38,942	£597	£2,012	£20,524	£9,352	2.9	57
31/03/16	£36,224	£36,438	£-214	£2,183	£16,950	£7,296	2.4	55
31/03/15	£33,086	£32,916	£170	£2,025	£17,963	£7,746	2.8	48
31/03/14	£31,665	£31,606	£59	£1,910	£16,559	£6,736	2.6	44
31/03/13	£31,275	£30,928	£347	£2,022	£16,296	£6,371	2.5	44
31/03/12	£29,783	£29,903	£-120	£1,323	£14,816	£5,526	2.2	40
31/03/11	£31,051	£28,951	£2,100	£1,092	£15,131	£5,110	2.1	37
31/03/10	£28,140	£27,670	£470	£1,241	£12,763	£4,743	2.1	34
31/03/09	£25,051	£24,620	£431	£226	£10,186	£4,084	2	37
31/03/08	£24,725	£23,828	£897	£216	£11,534	£4,128	2.1	36
31/03/07?	£18,879	£18,565	£314	£262	£11,059	£3,632	2.3	33
01/01/70	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	NAN	0
31/03/05	£15,368	£15,270	£98	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/04	£15,430	£15,132	£298	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

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

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
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

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

Who works here?

93 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Wolfson Foundation	£816,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£500,000
The Foyle Foundation	£150,000
LUND TRUST	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
LUND TRUST - Towards core costs
£5,000	01/12/2022	Towards core costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£500,000	11/03/2022	Transforming the British Academy: A new global platform
LUND TRUST - Towards core costs
£5,000	15/12/2021	Towards core costs
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to The British Academy
£816,000	10/06/2021	Renewal of British Academy/Wolfson Research Professorships
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£150,000	25/04/2019	towards modernising and improving the home of the British Academy
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - British Academy Grant Support 19-20
£32,281,485	01/04/2019	To support the aims of the Royal Saociety
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to The British Academy
£10,000,000	14/06/2018	Major research funding initiative 2018
Department for International Development - Research To Enhance The Reduction Of Corruption In Developing Countries
£115,693	01/04/2018	Anti Corruption Evidence ' ACE' Programme
Department for International Development - Education component of a research programme on Early Childhood Development
£874,468	01/04/2018	Programme on Early Childhood Development
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Local actions to promote social cohesion
£20,000	24/10/2016 12	The British Academy will produce a collection of essays exploring different elements of social integration. The collection would bring academic viewpoints and research on social integration together ....more The British Academy will produce a collection of essays exploring different elements of social integration. The collection would bring academic viewpoints and research on social integration together with examples of practical interventions and activities that have been shown to make significant positive impact. The British Academy will be working with a range of stakeholders to look for solutions that can be implemented at a local level by local councils, businesses or voluntary sector organisations to promote integration.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to The British Academy
£660,000	16/06/2016	British Academy/ Wolfson Research Professorships
Barrow Cadbury Trust - The British Academy Debates: Immigration
£36,000	25/03/2014	The British Academy Debates: Immigration

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (25)

Current Trustees appointed

PROFESSOR CONOR GEARTY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Professor Of Law, Other trusteeship: THE MODERN LAW REVIEW LIMITED,

PROFESSOR JULIA BLACK (Chair) Appointed: 2021

PROFESSOR ANDREW HURRELL Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: THE MASTER AND SCHOLARS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD,

PROFESSOR ANGELA MCROBBIE Appointed: 2021

PROFESSOR BENCIE WOLL Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: THE SIERATZKI CHARITABLE TRUST,

PROFESSOR CHRISTINA BOSWELL Appointed: 2021

PROFESSOR CYPRIAN BROODBANK Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: THE DOROTHY GARROD MEMORIAL TRUST,

PROFESSOR DAUVIT BRON Appointed: 2020

PROFESSOR ELENA LIEVEN Appointed: 2022

PROFESSOR FELIX DRIVER Appointed: 2021

PROFESSOR GRAEME BARKER Appointed: 2021

PROFESSOR IAN CHRISTIE Appointed: 2021

PROFESSOR INGRID DE SMET Appointed: 2020

PROFESSOR ISOBEL ARMSTRONG Appointed: 2020

PROFESSOR JOHN SCOTT CBE Appointed: 2022

PROFESSOR JUDITH STILL Appointed: 2022

PROFESSOR LINDSAY FARMER Appointed: 2022

PROFESSOR MARIANNE ELLIOTT Appointed: 2021

PROFESSOR MAXINE BERG Appointed: 2022

PROFESSOR PATRICK HAGGARD Appointed: 2022

PROFESSOR PETER MANDLER Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE FOUNDED IN HONOUR OF THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED MARY THE VIRGIN,

PROFESSOR RANA MITTER Appointed: 2021

PROFESSOR SALLY SHUTTLEWORTH Appointed: 2016

PROFESSOR SIMON GOLDHILL Appointed: 2019

PROFESSOR SIMON SWAIN Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/11/1965, number: 233176

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management

Filing Record

18 returns made; all on time

Main office

BRITISH ACADEMY
10 CARLTON HOUSE TERRACE
LONDON
SW1Y 5AH

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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