Finance Score: -10

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 2

Accounts overdue -5
Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -5 times
No PartB

12+ Trustees: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -3

THE BRITISH ACADEMY OF FORENSIC SCIENCES

The Academy is an information and education charity that exists to encourage the study, imrpove the practice and advance the knowledge of Forensic Sciences in Science, Medicine and the Law.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 16 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 and returns have been filed late on 5 occasions over the last 5 years

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
31/12/21	*	£28	£23	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/20	*	£27	£23	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/19	*	£33	£36	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/12/18	*	£33	£36	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	2
31/12/17	*	£29	£24	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	*	£30	£20	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	*	£31	£29	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	*	£33	£29	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£31	£29	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12	*	£31	£26	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11	*	£26	£22	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10	*	£27	£29	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09		£39	£28	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08		£34	£35	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07		£37	£29	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06		£33	£28	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£30	£28	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£35	£34	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 36 years

www.bafs.org.uk

contact@bafs.org.uk

07966262167

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Education support services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

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
Department for Work and Pensions - THE BRITISH ACADEMY OF FORENSIC SCIENCES
£2,986	01/04/2022	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Department for Work and Pensions - THE BRITISH ACADEMY OF FORENSIC SCIENCES
£2,933	01/04/2021	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (16)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 14/16 persons

DR MENG AW-YONG Appointed: 2022

TRACY ALEXANDER (Chair) Appointed: 2013

DR ANDREW FORRESTER Appointed: 2019

DR JOHANN GRUNDLINGH Appointed: 2019

JILL BATTLEY Appointed: 2020

LEISA NICHOLS-DREW Appointed: 2021

LESLIE MILLIN Appointed: 2019

PROFESSOR MICHAEL KOPELMAN Appointed: 2012

PAUL DAINTY Appointed: 2022

PROFESSOR DENISE SYNDERCOMBE COURT

PROFESSOR KEITH RIX Appointed: 2017

PROFESSOR PETER VANEZIS Appointed: 2021

PROFESSOR PETER WATSON Appointed: 2021

STEPHANIE PRIOR Appointed: 2020

HON PROFESSOR FIONA WILCOX Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: THE DAVID ISAACS FUND,

LORNA HACKETT Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: SOS SILENCE OF SUICIDE,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/08/1988, number: 299875

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management

Filing Record

18 returns made; AR21: 100 days late, AR20: 65 days late, AR19: 89 days late, AR18: 95 days late, AR17: 62 days late, AR16: 68 days late, AR15: 45 days late, AR14: 26 days late, AR12: 120 days late, AR11: 36 days late, AR10: 16 days late,

Main office

King's College London
150 Stamford Street
London
SE1 9NH

Objectives

1. TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDY, IMPROVE THE PRACTICE AND ADVANCE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE FORENSIC SCIENCES, RELATING TO MEDICINE, SCIENCE AND THE LAW.2. TO IMPROVE AND DEVELOP THE EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF BOTH THOSE ACTIVELY CONCERNED IN THE PRACTICE OF THE FORENSIC SCIENCES AND OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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