BBC MEDIA ACTION

Charity number: 1076235
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

BBC Media Action uses media and communication to reduce poverty and promote human rights, thereby enabling people to build better lives. We work in more than 40 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East and Central Asia. We have three main thematic areas: health, governance and humanitarian, and two subsidiary areas: education/livelihoods and climate.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income:
£32,025,000

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Donations and legacies £6.62m
Charitable activities £25.18m
Other trading activities £137.00k
Investments £96.00k
Other £0

Total expenditure:
£33,782,000

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Raising funds £265.00k
Charitable activities £33.52m
Other £0

£0 investments gains (losses)

Total income includes £452,795 from 3 government contract(s) and £4,019,777 from 11 government grant(s)

Charitable expenditure

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.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £265.00k
Charitable expenditure £33.52m

People

506 Employee(s)

12 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 17
£70k to £80k 7
£80k to £90k 7
£90k to £100k 5
£110k to £120k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Afghanistan
  • Algeria
  • Bangladesh
  • Belarus
  • Burma
  • Cambodia
  • China
  • Egypt
  • Estonia
  • Ethiopia
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Jordan
  • Kenya
  • Liberia
  • Libya
  • Macedonia
  • Nepal
  • Nigeria
  • Pakistan
  • Sierra Leone
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Syria
  • Tanzania
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Ukraine
  • Vietnam
  • Zambia

Governance

Registration history:
  • 23 June 1999: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • BBC WST (Working name)
  • THE BBC WORLD SERVICE TRAINING TRUST (Previous name)
  • THE BBC WORLD SERVICE TRUST (Previous name)
Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

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

12 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Reeta Chakrabarti Trustee 17 October 2022
KEATS - SHELLEY MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED)
Received: On time
Phillip John Harrold Trustee 25 April 2022
None on record
Lindsey North Trustee 24 January 2022
BBC MEDIA ACTION (INDIA) LIMITED
Received: On time
ST PAUL'S OPERA
Received: On time
Shirley Cameron Trustee 12 July 2019
HANSARD SOCIETY LIMITED
Received: On time
Professor Myles Antony Wickstead Trustee 12 July 2019
None on record
Awo Selasi Ablo Trustee 15 October 2018
None on record
Julia Ruth Rank Trustee 01 July 2018
None on record
Nicholas James Pickles Trustee 01 October 2017
None on record
Gavin Alexander Mann Trustee 10 July 2017
None on record
Sophia Swithern Trustee 18 January 2017
None on record
MICHAEL JAMES WOOLDRIDGE Trustee 01 July 2015
WOMA WORLD OF MUSIC AND ARTS ASSIST
Received: On time
Francesca Mary Unsworth Trustee 17 October 2014
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £40.81m £39.95m £34.23m £34.97m £32.03m
Total expenditure £41.71m £40.03m £34.51m £35.82m £33.78m
Income from government contracts £3.08m £6.04m £4.53m £1.72m £452.80k
Income from government grants £7.88m £16.44m £6.84m £6.15m £4.02m
Income - Donations and legacies £8.60m £0 £794.00k £907.00k £6.62m
Income - Other trading activities £183.00k £10.00k £12.00k £136.00k £137.00k
Income - Charitable activities £31.99m £39.94m £33.42m £33.90m £25.18m
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £33.00k £4.00k £2.00k £27.00k £96.00k
Income - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Legacies £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Charitable activities £41.42m £39.85m £34.33m £35.61m £33.52m
Expenditure - Raising funds £294.00k £175.00k £187.00k £216.00k £265.00k
Expenditure - Governance £40.00k £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

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 Investments

Investments 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.

Other assets

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 liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These 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.

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Asset / Liability 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Own use assets £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Long-term investments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Other assets £15.67m £19.18m £13.75m £10.26m £8.44m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £11.15m £14.74m £9.59m £6.96m £6.89m

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 27 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 27 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 26 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 26 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 18 November 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 18 November 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 27 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 27 October 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 08 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 08 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26/02/1998 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/06/1999 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/09/1999 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/11/2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/09/2005 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 16/12/2011

Charitable objects

1. THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF JOURNALISTS AND ALL OTHERS ENGAGED IN THE BROADCAST MEDIA IN THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF JOURNALISM, PROGRAMME PRODUCTION, BROADCASTING AND RELATED MEDIA SKILLS INCLUDING ETHICS AND CODES OF CONDUCT, TECHNICAL PRESENTATION AND WRITING SKILLS, INCLUDING ETHICS AND CODES OF CONDUCT, TECHNICAL PRESENTATION AND WRITING SKILLS, INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES, PRESS AND NEWS CONFERENCES, RELEVANT LAW AND NEWSROOM ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES SO AS TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF BALANCE, FAIRNESS, INTEGRITY AND PROFESSIONALISM; AND 2. THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES INCLUDING HEALTH, LAW, SOCIAL POLICY, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, HISTORY, POLITICS, ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, LANGUAGES, AND IN THE AVAILABILITY OF EDUCATION, AND IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PRODUCTION AND BROADCASTING AND OTHER DISSEMINATION OF EDUCATIONAL FILMS AND RADIO AND TELEVISION PROGRAMMES AND THE PUBLICATION OF OTHER EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
British Broadcasting Corporation
Wogan House
Portland Place
LONDON
W1A 1AA
Phone:
02036144272
Email:
media.action@bbc.co.uk
Website:

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