THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES

Charity number: 264591
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

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Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 January 2025

Total income: £20,387
Total expenditure: £26,839

People

16 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

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
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Bangladesh
  • India
  • Nepal
  • Pakistan
  • Sri Lanka

Governance

Registration history:
  • 07 November 1972: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease 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

16 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Professor Annapurna Deborah Waughray Trustee 01 November 2025
QUAKER SOCIAL ACTION
Received: On time
Dr Mani Sudhir Selvaraj Trustee 01 November 2025
None on record
Professor Andrea Major Trustee 01 November 2025
None on record
Dr Simona Vittorini Trustee 01 November 2024
None on record
Dr Shandana Khan Mohmand Trustee 01 November 2024
None on record
Professor Indrajit Roy Trustee 01 November 2024
DEVELOPMENT STUDIES ASSOCIATION
Received: On time
Professor Mukulika Banerjee Trustee 01 November 2024
None on record
Dr Sadiq Bhanbhro Trustee 01 November 2023
None on record
Dr Priyanka Singh Trustee 01 November 2023
None on record
Arvind Kumar Trustee 01 November 2023
None on record
Professor Christophe Jaffrelot Trustee 01 November 2023
None on record
Dr Dibyadyuti Roy Trustee 01 November 2023
None on record
Dr Jahnavi Phalkey Trustee 01 April 2022
None on record
Dr Priyanka Basu Trustee 01 November 2021
ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Received: On time
Professor Anindita Ghosh Trustee 01 November 2020
None on record
Dr Thomas Chambers Trustee 01 November 2019
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/01/2021 31/01/2022 31/01/2023 31/01/2024 31/01/2025
Total gross income £28.00k £28.96k £23.68k £25.39k £20.39k
Total expenditure £13.67k £26.68k £18.89k £24.10k £26.84k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

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 January 2025 25 November 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 January 2025 Not required
Annual return 31 January 2024 27 November 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 January 2024 27 November 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 January 2023 30 October 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 January 2023 Not required
Annual return 31 January 2022 27 November 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 January 2022 27 November 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 January 2021 29 November 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 January 2021 29 November 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.

RULES ADOPTED 1 JUNE 1972 AND AMENDED 2 DECEMBER 1983 AND 26 SEPTEMBER 2007 as amended on 19 Apr 2017

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE STUDIES IN REGARD TO SOUTH ASIA.

Area of benefit

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

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
27 OLD GLOUCESTER STREET
BLOOMSBURY
LONDON
WC1N 3AX
Phone:
0204 542 0149
Email:
basas@basas.org.uk
Website:

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