BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE
Registered charity 212479 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRITISH SCIENCE ASSOCIATION · also registered in Scotland as SC039236 (OSCR)
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £30,322 for the year, with total income of £6.45 million and total expenditure of £6.48 million. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £2 million, which falls within the stated policy target range of £1.6 million to £2.1 million.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £1.6m and £2.1m (held: £2.0m)
“On this basis, the BSA opted to continue to aim for unrestricted reserves between £1.6m and £2.1m.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — British Science Association (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Dame Wendy Hall — President (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£201k
Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Trustees
- Dr Heather King
- Dr Joe de Sousa
- Dr Rachel Sherise Hyacinth Williams
- Dr Rubina Ahmed
- Hilary Newiss · trustee of 1 other charity
- Kevin Coutinho
- Matthew Howard
- Neil Greenwood · trustee of 1 other charity
- Philip John Smith
- Professor Turi King
- Sarah Chaytor
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE financially healthy?
The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £30,322 for the year, with total income of £6.45 million and total expenditure of £6.48 million. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £2 million, which falls within the stated policy target range of £1.6 million to £2.1 million. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.
Who funds BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE as a grant recipient include ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851, THE JAMES WEIR FOUNDATION.
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