BBC Media Action (India) Limited

Analysis

BBC Media Action (India) Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02746733). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, BBC Media Action (India) Limited reported income of £834k and spending of £834k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.7m to £834k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, BBC Media Action (India) Limited sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shade (£834k), Life Centre (£835k) and Rising Brook Baptist Church (£833k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%.