THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARA

Registered charity 313940 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRITISH INSTITUTE AT ANKARA

The British Institute at Ankara (BIAA) supports, facilitates, promotes and publishes British research focused on Turkey and the Black Sea littoral in all academic disciplines within the arts, humanities and social sciences, whilst maintaining a centre of excellence in Ankara focused on the archaeology and related subjects of Turkey.

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Latest income

£966k

Latest spending

£964k

Registered

1966

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves stood at £349,590, which is above the stated policy target of a minimum of £200,000. The charity received £965,814 in total income, primarily from British Academy grants, and incurred £964,395 in total expenditure, resulting in a net deficit of £1,101 for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — above the median for charities its size (£60k)

“One employee’s salary and benefits fell into the range £60,000 to £70,000” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One employee’s salary and benefits fell into the range £60,000 to £70,000” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: British Academy (BIRI) (97% of income)

“The Institute’s principal source of income during the year continued to be grants from the British Academy, under their BIRI programmes, which totalled £889,275.” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: minimum of £200,000 (held: £350k)

“The level of reserves is held at a minimum of £200,000, based on estimates of 4 months operating costs and the cost of closing the operation in Ankara in an emergency.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: One trustee was paid £1,500 for editorial work.

“In 2025, one trustee was paid £1,500 for editorial work (2024: £Nil). No remuneration or other benefits have been paid or are payable to any charity, trustee or connected person in the year to 31 March 2025 (2024: £Nil), in respect of their responsibilities as Trustees.” — page 37

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee paid for editorial work

“In 2025, one trustee was paid £1,500 for editorial work (2024: £Nil). No remuneration or other benefits have been paid or are payable to any charity, trustee or connected person in the year to 31 March 2025 (2024: £Nil), in respect of their responsibilities as Trustees.” — page 37

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £70,001 - £80,000 (FY2024) to £60,001 - £70,000 (FY2025).

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 00477436

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.

REDFORD, Scott Nicholas, Professor — director, appointed 05/12/2025on trustee list
SAUNDERS, William Bransby Rees — director, appointed 05/12/2025on trustee list
SLAWISCH, Anja, Dr — director, appointed 10/12/2024on trustee list
STOKES, Martin Henry, Professor — director, appointed 06/12/2023on trustee list
ZARAKOL, Ayşe, Professor — director, appointed 06/12/2023not on trustee list
MOORE, Sophie, Dr — director, appointed 07/12/2022on trustee list
JACKSON, Mark, Dr — director, appointed 07/12/2022on trustee list
COLLAR, Anna, Dr — director, appointed 07/12/2022on trustee list
HASHEMI, Kamran — director, appointed 09/12/2020on trustee list
DRAYCOTT, Catherine, Dr — director, appointed 07/12/2017on trustee list
CROW, James George, Professor — director, appointed 24/11/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Total income

£966k

Total spending

£964k

Cost of raising funds

£14k

Reserves (reported)

£350k

Employees

7

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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: 1.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Professor James George Crowchair
Dr AYLIN ORBASLI
Dr Anja Slawisch · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Anna Collar
Dr Catherine Draycott
Dr Mark Jackson
Dr Sophie Moore
Kamran Hashemi · trustee of 1 other charity
PROFESSOR SCOTT NICHOLAS REDFORD · trustee of 2 other charities
Professor Ayse Zarakol
Professor Martin Henry Stokes
Shahina Farid · trustee of 1 other charity
WILLIAM BRANSBY REES SAUNDERS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster · Turkey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£966k	£964k
31/03/2024	£1.0m	£851k
31/03/2023	£941k	£1.0m
31/03/2022	£1.1m	£1.1m
31/03/2021	£742k	£757k

Common questions

Is THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves stood at £349,590, which is above the stated policy target of a minimum of £200,000. The charity received £965,814 in total income, primarily from British Academy grants, and incurred £964,395 in total expenditure, resulting in a net deficit of £1,101 for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARA earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARA?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARA as a grant recipient include THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES, THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARA, THE STEVENSON FAMILY'S CHARITABLE TRUST.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Dr AYLIN ORBASLI — trustee here and at THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARA
Dr Anja Slawisch — trustee here and at THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARA
Dr Anna Collar — trustee here and at THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARA
Dr Catherine Draycott — trustee here and at THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARA
Dr Mark Jackson — trustee here and at THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARA
Dr Sophie Moore — trustee here and at THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARA
Kamran Hashemi — trustee here and at THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARA
PROFESSOR SCOTT NICHOLAS REDFORD — trustee here and at THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARA
Professor Ayse Zarakol — trustee here and at THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARA
Professor James George Crow — trustee here and at THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARA

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES	FY2023	£930k	British International Research Institutes
THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES	FY2025	£886k	British International Research Institutes
THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES	FY2024	£836k	Grants to institutions
THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES	FY2022	£762k
THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARA	FY2022	£110k	SARAA: Safeguarding and Rescuing Archaeological Assets
THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARA	FY2022	£52k	Water in Istanbul: Rising to the Challenge?
THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARA	FY2022	£51k	Knowledge Frontiers: Water in Istanbul: rising to the challenge?
THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARA	FY2022	£33k	Herbarium Remount and Digitisation Project
THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARA	FY2022	£13k	Archives Project: Digitisation of the BIAA Collections
THE STEVENSON FAMILY'S CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k	Education and training
THE STEVENSON FAMILY'S CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k	Education and training

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 MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£1.4m
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION	1	£518k
THE SINO-BRITISH FELLOWSHIP TRUST	1	£214k
BRITISH ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE ASSOCIATION	1	£32k
THE MICHAEL MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
THE CORCORAN FOUNDATION	1	£1k
SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HELLENIC STUDIES	1	£1k
MARC FITCH FUND	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION income £308k
THE BRITISH SCHOOL AT ATHENS income £1.7m
THE BRITISH INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF IRAQ (GERTRUDE BELL MEMORIAL) income £424k
THE BRITISH INSTITUTE FOR LIBYAN AND NORTHERN AFRICAN STUDIES income £202k
THE BRITISH IRISH ASSOCIATION income £188k
THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES income £106.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARA	£966k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt
BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION FY2024	£308k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH SCHOOL AT ATHENS FY2025	£1.7m	£100,001 - £110,000	—	below	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF IRAQ (GERTRUDE BELL MEMORIAL) FY2025	£424k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH INSTITUTE FOR LIBYAN AND NORTHERN AFRICAN STUDIES FY2025	£202k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
THE BRITISH IRISH ASSOCIATION FY2025	£188k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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