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THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES

Registered charity 233176 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BRITISH ACADEMY · listed website unreachable when last crawled

Latest income
£106.2m
Latest spending
£105.5m
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased by £1.05m to £48.40m, driven by a positive net movement in restricted funds and investment gains. The charity maintains free reserves of £7.04m, which exceeds its stated minimum policy target of £6.8m, indicating adequate financial resilience.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £6.8m (held: £7.0m)
“This minimum level has been set at £6.8m, which is broadly equivalent to operational expenditure for 5.5 months (£6.2m) with a further reserve of £0.6m to mitigate the risk of a downturn in investment markets.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by BDO LLP.

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

Total income
£106.2m
Total spending
£105.5m
Cost of raising funds
£3.6m
Reserves (reported)
£7.0m
Employees
164

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£106.2m£105.5m
31/03/2024£78.7m£74.4m
31/03/2023£71.9m£69.7m
31/03/2022£55.0m£54.5m
31/03/2021£63.0m£63.3m

Common questions

Is THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES financially healthy?

The accounts state that total funds increased by £1.05m to £48.40m, driven by a positive net movement in restricted funds and investment gains. The charity maintains free reserves of £7.04m, which exceeds its stated minimum policy target of £6.8m, indicating adequate financial resilience. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BDO LLP.

Who funds THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES as a grant recipient include THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION, THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARA, THE SINO-BRITISH FELLOWSHIP TRUST, BRITISH ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE ASSOCIATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£1.0m
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATIONFY2022£518k
THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£400k
THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARAFY2024£72k
THE SINO-BRITISH FELLOWSHIP TRUSTFY2022£54k
THE SINO-BRITISH FELLOWSHIP TRUSTFY2023£54k
BRITISH ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE ASSOCIATIONFY2023£20k
THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
MARC FITCH FUNDFY2023£1k

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