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BBC MEDIA ACTION

Registered charity 1076235 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BBC WST, THE BBC WORLD SERVICE TRAINING TRUST, THE BBC WORLD SERVICE TRUST

Latest income
£32.9m
Latest spending
£33.0m
Registered
1999

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

Total income
£32.9m
Total spending
£33.0m
Cost of raising funds
£378k
Reserves (reported)
£1.4m
Employees
469

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Algeria · Armenia · Bangladesh · Burma · Cambodia · Ethiopia · Fiji · Georgia · India · Indonesia · Kenya

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£32.9m£33.0m
31/03/2024£32.0m£33.8m
31/03/2023£35.0m£35.8m
31/03/2022£34.2m£34.5m
31/03/2021£39.9m£40.0m

Common questions

Who funds BBC MEDIA ACTION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BBC MEDIA ACTION as a grant recipient include THE BRIGHT FUTURE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE BRIGHT FUTURE TRUSTFY2022£35k
THE BRIGHT FUTURE TRUSTFY2023£5k