RADIO ACADEMY

Registered charity 293825 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity operates for the encouragement, recognition and promotion of excellence in all aspects of radio broadcasting and audio production in the UK in order to maximise the potential of educational benefits this may bring. The company's subsidiary produces amongst other events the Radio Academy Awards and the Radio Festival both of which are in line with the main objectives of the Charity.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RADIO BROADCASTING AND TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS RESULTING FROM RADIO BROADCASTS OF HIGH QUALITY, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING A FORM FOR THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION, PROMOTING ORIGINAL AND CREATIVE RADIO BROADCASTS OF SUCH EDUCATIONAL BENEFIT, SECURING IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ART AND TECHNIQUE OF RADIO BROADCASTING RESULTING IN SUCH EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS AND PROMOTING AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS AND RESEARCH DESIGNED TO SECURE SUCH IMPROVEMENTS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Latest income

£389k

Latest spending

£427k

Registered

1986

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £38,524, primarily due to changes in commercial arrangements and increased investment in management capacity. Despite this, the trustees report that free reserves stood at £38,551 and expressed a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £39k; policy: three to six months of expenditure)

“At 31 December 2024, free reserves stood at £38,551. The Trustees will review this annually.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee Perminder Khatkar received £443.50 in expenses to cover travel to in-person board meetings, Radio Academy Festival on-site meetings (as co-chair of the initiative) of which there was also an overnight hotel required for one occasion.

“Trustee Perminder Khatkar received £443.50 in expenses to cover travel to in-person board meetings, Radio Academy Festival on-site meetings (as co-chair of the initiative) of which there was also an overnight hotel required for one occasion.” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 01978864

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Audio & Radio Emergency Fund administered by The Radio Academy (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.

AYLOTT, Philippa Kate — director, appointed 01/03/2026not on trustee list
ROBINSON, Nina — director, appointed 01/03/2026not on trustee list
BETHELL, Davyd Albert — director, appointed 01/03/2026not on trustee list
CARVER, Megan Grace Hawkings — director, appointed 18/11/2025not on trustee list
MACKENZIE, Alistair William — director, appointed 06/10/2025not on trustee list
MOY, Samantha Jane — director, appointed 01/04/2025not on trustee list
CALLAGHAN, Nicholas — director, appointed 01/04/2025not on trustee list
PAUL, Raymond — director, appointed 01/04/2025not on trustee list
UYTMAN, Adam George Harold — director, appointed 01/04/2024not on trustee list
CEGLOWSKI, Molly Louise — director, appointed 01/04/2024not on trustee list
MAGUIRE, Philip — director, appointed 17/02/2022not on trustee list
PITTS, Nicholas Mark — director, appointed 13/02/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Adele Patricia Yolande CROSS
Helen Mariam Thomas
Jonathan Michael Henry Arendt
Kathryn Elizabeth ANASTASI
Kiran Nandra
Nicholas Mark Pitts
Perminder Khatkar
Philip Maguire OBE
Victoria Easton-Riley
Victoria Stewart · trustee of 1 other charity
William Reid JACKSON

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£389k	£427k
31/12/2023	£414k	£387k
31/12/2022	£370k	£406k
31/12/2021	£266k	£203k
31/12/2020	£340k	£301k

Common questions

Is RADIO ACADEMY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £38,524, primarily due to changes in commercial arrangements and increased investment in management capacity. Despite this, the trustees report that free reserves stood at £38,551 and expressed a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION	4	£68k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND	3	£873k
THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATION	3	£61k
STANLEY PICKER TRUST	3	£60k
THE LEVERHULME TRUST	2	£1.2m
HENRY WOOD ACCOMMODATION TRUST	2	£236k
THE LONDON WOMEN'S CLINIC FOUNDATION	2	£207k
THE REED FOUNDATION	2	£199k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ART.

THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ART income £16.7m
THE BRITISH ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT income £913k
THE ACADEMY OF MEDICAL ROYAL COLLEGES income £1.5m
THE BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM AND TELEVISION ARTS income £29.3m
LONDON MUSICIANS' COLLECTIVE LIMITED income £301k
ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC income £33.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RADIO ACADEMY	£389k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ART FY2025	£16.7m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT FY2025	£913k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE ACADEMY OF MEDICAL ROYAL COLLEGES FY2025	£1.5m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM AND TELEVISION ARTS FY2024	£29.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LONDON MUSICIANS' COLLECTIVE LIMITED FY2025	£301k	Over £60,000	1	below	—	no doubt

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