The British Academy of Forensic Sciences

Analysis

The British Academy of Forensic Sciences is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2024, The British Academy of Forensic Sciences reported income of £38k and spending of £43k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £28k to £38k (+38%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 137% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The British Academy of Forensic Sciences sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 3rd Farnborough (Hawley Lane) Scout Group (£38k), Computers Are Free for Everyone Limited (£38k) and Hartley Educational Foundation (£38k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.