THE BRITISH INSTITUTE FOR LIBYAN AND NORTHERN AFRICAN STUDIES

Registered charity 1203646 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Support and undertake research on the history, antiquities, culture, languages, literature, art, institutions, customs and natural history of Libya and Northern Africa;Organise and promote missions to the region for these purposes;Arrange publication of research in these fields and hold lectures and meetings;Publish an annual Journal and other publications concerning the region.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, IN THE HISTORY, ANTIQUITIES, CULTURE, LANGUAGES, LITERATURE, ART, INSTITUTIONS, CUSTOMS AND NATURAL HISTORY OF LIBYA AND NORTHERN AFRICA AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ALL ASPECTS OF THAT SUBJECT AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £1,664 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £202,486 and total expenditure of £200,822. The trustees note that the charity has few financial commitments that cannot be terminated at short notice and has not retained a reserve for potential winding-up costs. The charity relies heavily on the British Academy grant, which constituted the majority of its income.

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.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• British Academy — “The British Institute for Libyan and Northern African Studies (formerly the Society for Libyan Studies) is a British academic body and chari…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• DR VALERIA VITALE
• David Oliver Kimberley MA ACA · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Barbara Spadaro PhD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Elizabeth Nichole Sheldrick · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Hisham Mattar · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Anna Leone PhD
• Professor David Atkinson BSc PhD
• Professor Nicholas Barton DPhil FSA · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor PAUL BENNETT · trustee of 1 other charity
• Salem El-Maiar MPhil FRGS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH INSTITUTE IN EASTERN AFRICA.

• BRITISH INSTITUTE IN EASTERN AFRICA income £884k
• THE BRITISH INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION income £567k
• BRITISH SOCIETY FOR MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES income £156k
• INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN INSTITUTE income £182k
• BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR LOCAL HISTORY income £142k
• ISLAMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GREAT BRITAIN income £193k

Side by side with its peers

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