British Association for Soviet, Slavonic and East European Studies

Analysis

British Association for Soviet, Slavonic and East European Studies is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in November 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, British Association for Soviet, Slavonic and East European Studies reported income of £15k and spending of £27k, spending 187% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £15k to £15k (-5.6%), an average of -1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, British Association for Soviet, Slavonic and East European Studies sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beethoven Society (£15k), Dogdyke Pumping Station Preservation Trust (£15k) and Shropshire Family History Society (£15k).