THE COUNCIL FOR BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY

Registered charity 287815 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C B A · also registered in Scotland as SC041971 (OSCR)

The CBA aims to promote 'Archaeology for All'. It works throughout the UK to involve people in archaeology and to promote the appreciation and care of the historic environment for the benefit of present and future generations.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a favourable financial position, largely due to successful grant and sponsorship support, which has enabled the maintenance of cash reserves and investment in digital infrastructure. The trustees confirm that the organization has sufficient headroom against forecast cash flow variances and maintains tight financial oversight to ensure stability, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Streets Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01760254

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Council for British Archaeology (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• MCFADYEN, Lesley Katharine — director, appointed 21/02/2026on trustee list
• YOUNG, Mike — director, appointed 21/02/2026on trustee list
• HAWORTH, Mary — director, appointed 08/02/2025on trustee list
• JONES, Amanda Louise — director, appointed 08/02/2025on trustee list
• SCHOFIELD, Guy — director, appointed 08/02/2025on trustee list
• COOPER, Clemency Anne Fenwick — director, appointed 10/02/2024on trustee list
• FLUCK, Hannah Lousie, Dr — director, appointed 10/02/2024on trustee list
• BOYLE, Gail — director, appointed 10/02/2024on trustee list
• BUXTON, Peter John, Dr — director, appointed 10/02/2024on trustee list
• D'APRIX, Michael Stewart, Dr. — director, appointed 09/02/2023on trustee list
• POLLARD, Phil — director, appointed 04/02/2022on trustee list
• PENROSE, Sefryn — director, appointed 04/02/2022on trustee list
• REDFERN, Neil Illingworth — secretary, appointed 02/04/2020

Official officers record.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/07/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Jones
• Clemency Cooper
• Dr Hannah Fluck
• Dr Peter Buxton
• Gail Boyle · trustee of 1 other charity
• Guy Schofield
• Lesley McFadyen
• Michael D'Aprix · trustee of 2 other charities
• Mike Young
• Phil Pollard
• Sefryn Penrose
• mary Haworth

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

Operates in: Guernsey · Isle Of Man · Jersey · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION.

• BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION income £308k
• COTSWOLD ARCHAEOLOGY LTD income £39.2m
• MUSEUM OF LONDON ARCHAEOLOGY income £19.4m
• YORK ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST FOR EXCAVATION AND RESEARCH LIMITED income £11.6m
• SAVE BRITAIN'S HERITAGE income £367k
• The Centre for British Photography income £217k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.