THE BRITISH SCHOOL AT ROME

Registered charity 314176 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The British School at Rome is a centre of interdisciplinary research excellence in the Mediterranean supporting the full range of arts , humanities and social sciences . We create an environment for work of international standing and impact from Britain and the Commonwealth , and a bridge into the intellectual heart of Rome and Italy .

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Latest income

£2.7m

Latest spending

£2.7m

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £71,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds standing at £3,879,000. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were £3,198,000, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of three to twelve months' core running costs. The charity maintains substantial investment assets and cash balances, indicating strong financial stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £110,001 - £120,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)

“£110,001 to £120,000 2025 No. 1”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three to twelve months' core running costs (held: £3.2m)

“the level of general funds, after eliminating all unrealised revaluation surpluses, should not fall below three nor exceed twelve months’ core running costs of the BSR.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Council members donated to unrestricted and restricted funds

“In 2024–25, BSR Council members donated £2,675 (2024: £0) to the unrestricted funds of the BSR and £25 (2024: £185,424) to the restricted funds of the BSR.” — page 49

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £70,001 - £80,000 (FY2024) to £110,001 - £120,000 (FY2025).

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Professor Abigail Brundin — Chief Executive (source)
Mark Getty — Chair of the Council of Trustees (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.

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

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

Total income

£2.7m

Total spending

£2.7m

Cost of raising funds

£65k

Reserves (reported)

£2.6m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~11.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Nigel Carringtonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Catherine Johns
Charlotte Elizabeth Higgins
Edgar Robin Allies · trustee of 3 other charities
Heather Stewart · trustee of 1 other charity
Laura Bruni
Professor Beth Ann Williamson
Professor Daniel Sturgis
Professor Edward Anthony Chambers
Professor Rosemary Helen Sweet · trustee of 1 other charity
Rohan Surana
SUZANNA TAVERNE · trustee of 1 other charity
Shantanu Majumdar KC

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

Operates in: Italy

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.7m	£2.7m
31/03/2024	£2.6m	£2.3m
31/03/2023	£2.6m	£2.6m
31/03/2022	£2.1m	£2.1m
31/03/2021	£1.5m	£2.4m

Common questions

Is THE BRITISH SCHOOL AT ROME financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £71,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds standing at £3,879,000. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were £3,198,000, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of three to twelve months' core running costs. The charity maintains substantial investment assets and cash balances, indicating strong financial stability. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE BRITISH SCHOOL AT ROME earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £110,001 - £120,000 band.

Who funds THE BRITISH SCHOOL AT ROME?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BRITISH SCHOOL AT ROME as a grant recipient include THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES, THE LINBURY TRUST, THE PAUL MELLON CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN BRITISH ART, ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851.

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	FY2024	£1.7m	Grants to institutions
THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES	FY2025	£1.5m	British International Research Institutes
THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES	FY2023	£1.5m	British International Research Institutes
THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES	FY2022	£1.2m
THE LINBURY TRUST	FY2023	£66k	To support two six-month residential scholarships in year one and then one scholarship in years two and three. First payment of a three-year £127k grant.
THE PAUL MELLON CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN BRITISH ART	FY2022	£20k	Rome Fellowship
ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851	FY2023	£20k	Summer School placements
THE PAUL MELLON CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN BRITISH ART	FY2024	£12k	Rome Fellowship
THE PAUL MELLON CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN BRITISH ART	FY2023	£12k	Rome Fellowship
THE PAUL MELLON CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN BRITISH ART	FY2025	£12k	Rome Fellowship: Residency for Tom Young

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
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£155k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£93k
THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARA	1	£72k
THE POLONSKY FOUNDATION	1	£35k
BRITISH ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE ASSOCIATION	1	£32k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF ROMAN STUDIES.

SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF ROMAN STUDIES income £424k
THE INCORPORATED EDWIN AUSTIN ABBEY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS income £137k
THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF FLORENCE income £1.6m
LA SCUOLA ITALIANA A LONDRA income £2.7m
THE BRITISH SCHOOL AT ATHENS income £1.7m
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 SCHOOL AT ROME	£2.7m	£110,001 - £120,000	—	above	—	no doubt
SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF ROMAN STUDIES FY2024	£424k	£60,001 - £70,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE INCORPORATED EDWIN AUSTIN ABBEY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS FY2025	£137k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF FLORENCE FY2025	£1.6m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	below	—	no doubt
LA SCUOLA ITALIANA A LONDRA FY2025	£2.7m	£100,001 - £110,000	2	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH SCHOOL AT ATHENS FY2025	£1.7m	£100,001 - £110,000	—	below	—	no doubt

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