BRITISH INSTITUTE IN EASTERN AFRICA

Registered charity 1061622 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The BIEA is active in research into the history, archaeology and social sciences of Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and surrounding countries. It encourages research by individual scholars, works with the universities, museums and antiquities services of the eastern African countries and liaises with international scholarship. It maintains a centre for research and a library at its base in Nairobi.

Causes: Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £884,396 against expenditure of £846,606, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The charity holds total reserves of £860,277, including a designated fund of £743,092, and the Trustees confirm the organization has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~11.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (84% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 8.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Professor Justin Willischair
• Dr Cedric Barnes
• Dr Laura Sophie Basell
• Dr Martha Gayoye
• Professor Emma Hunter
• Professor GABRIELLE MARY LYNCH
• Professor Sharath Srinivasan
• Professor Wale Adebanwi
• Rt Hon Mr Mark Jonathan Mortlock Simmonds
• Thomas Palmer · trustee of 2 other charities

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: City Of Westminster · Kenya

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.