THE BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM AND TELEVISION ARTS

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
To support, develop and promote the art forms of the moving image, by identifying and rewarding excellence, inspiring pracitioners and benefitting the public.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023
Total income:
£25,888,000
Donations and legacies | £1.59m | |
Charitable activities | £16.33m | |
Other trading activities | £7.47m | |
Investments | £158.00k | |
Other | £345.00k |
Total expenditure:
£27,778,000
Raising funds | £8.07m | |
Charitable activities | £19.70m | |
Other | £0 |
£143,000 investments gains (losses)
Total income includes £16,180 from 2 government contract(s) and £75,000 from 1 government grant(s)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
Raising funds and other expenditure | £8.07m | |
Charitable expenditure | £19.70m |
People

193 Employee(s)
14 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£60k to £70k | 6 |
£70k to £80k | 3 |
£80k to £90k | 3 |
£90k to £100k | 5 |
£100k to £110k | 4 |
£200k to £250k | 2 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Education/training
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Children/young People
- The General Public/mankind
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Provides Services
- Other Charitable Activities
- Throughout England And Wales
- Scotland
Governance
- 28 January 1986: Standard registration
- BAFTA (Working name)
- 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
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
14 Trustee(s)
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Suzanne Margaret Brennan | Trustee | 15 April 2025 |
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Sally-Caitlin Mary Habbershaw | Trustee | 14 February 2025 |
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Francis Ralph Lee | Trustee | 10 September 2024 |
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Joyce Maria Pierpoline | Trustee | 06 April 2024 |
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Hilary Jane Rosen | Trustee | 17 October 2023 |
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JULIE ROBERTA LA'BASSIERE | Trustee | 17 October 2023 |
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Tara Louise Saunders | Trustee | 06 July 2022 |
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Andrew James Miller MBE | Trustee | 19 October 2021 |
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Siobhan Reddy | Trustee | 19 October 2021 |
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Patrick Keegan | Trustee | 19 October 2021 |
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Bal Samra | Trustee | 19 October 2021 |
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Ade Amanda Rawcliffe | Trustee | 07 July 2020 |
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Anna Elizabeth Higgs | Trustee | 31 July 2019 |
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Sara Putt | Trustee | 02 September 2014 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/12/2019 | 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | ||
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Total gross income | £20.52m | £17.74m | £17.01m | £24.98m | £25.89m | |
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Total expenditure | £15.78m | £11.74m | £13.13m | £24.58m | £27.78m | |
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Income from government contracts | £23.12k | £21.05k | £7.30k | £12.67k | £16.18k | |
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Income from government grants | £9.50k | £39.50k | £266.26k | £75.50k | £75.00k | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £5.38m | £6.95m | £4.02m | £2.88m | £1.59m | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £7.03m | £4.68m | £5.49m | £7.32m | £7.47m | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £7.74m | £5.96m | £5.67m | £14.68m | £16.33m | |
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Income - Endowments | £2.42m | £3.65m | £13.00k | £23.00k | £23.00k | |
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Income - Investment | £66.00k | £41.00k | £27.00k | £62.00k | £158.00k | |
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Income - Other | £306.00k | £109.00k | £1.80m | £37.00k | £345.00k | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £9.13m | £7.14m | £7.50m | £16.62m | £19.70m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £6.64m | £4.60m | £5.63m | £7.96m | £8.07m | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £181.00k | £238.00k | £299.00k | £65.00k | £175.00k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £2.00k | £2.00k | £2.00k | £19.00k | £18.00k | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 31/12/2019 | 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | ||
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Own use assets | £8.46m | £18.92m | £35.48m | £33.78m | £31.75m | |
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Long-term investments | £2.50m | £2.52m | £246.00k | £1.85m | £4.55m | |
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Other assets | £17.24m | £12.65m | £13.31m | £17.18m | £13.44m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £6.13m | £6.02m | £14.77m | £18.10m | £16.90m |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 December 2023 | 31 October 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2023 | 12 November 2024 | 12 days late | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 December 2022 | 31 October 2023 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2022 | 31 October 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 December 2021 | 28 October 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2021 | 28 October 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 December 2020 | 29 October 2021 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2020 | 29 October 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 December 2019 | 30 October 2020 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2019 | 30 October 2020 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31/12/1958 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/06/1960 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/11/1975 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/01/1976 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/06/1990 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/06/1991 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/06/1992 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/06/1995 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/06/1997 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/04/1999 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/06/1999 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/07/2002 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/07/2005 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/07/2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/11/2010 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/07/2012 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/06/2015 AS AMENDED ON 04 JUN 2018 AS AMENDED ON 01 JUN 2020 AS AMENDED ON 01 JUN 2020 AS AMENDED ON 09 JUN 2021 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08 JUN 2022 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26 JUN 2023
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION AND CULTIVATE AND IMPROVE PUBLIC TASTE IN THE VISUAL ARTS IN PARTICULAR BY STIMULATING ORIGINAL AND CREATIVE PRODUCTION WORK IN THE FIELD OF FILM AND TELEVISION AND OTHER EDUCATION, ENTERTAINMENT AND INFORMATION MEDIA AND BY ENCOURAGING A HIGH STANDARD OF ARTS AND TECHNIQUE IN PERSONS ENGAGED IN SUCH PRODUCTION AND BY ENCOURAGING AND PROMOTING THE RESULTS OF EXPERIMENT AND RESEARCH IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE STANDARD OF THE ART, SCIENCES AND TECHNIQUES OF PRODUCING IN FILM, TELEVISION AND OTHER EDUCATION, ENTERTAINMENT AND INFORMATION MEDIA.
Area of benefit
NOT DEFINED
Linked charities
- 28 January 1986 : Standard registration
Contact information
- Address:
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195 PICCADILLY
LONDON
W1J 9LN
- Phone:
- 02077340022
- Email:
- governance@bafta.org
- Website:
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