The British Association for South Asian Studies
Registered charity 264591 Registered since 1972
Operates: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
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How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
16 trustees on the board
- Arvind Kumar since 2023
- Dr Dibyadyuti Roy since 2023
- Dr Jahnavi Phalkey since 2022
- Dr Mani Sudhir Selvaraj since 2025
- Dr Priyanka Basu since 2021
- Dr Priyanka Singh since 2023
- Dr Sadiq Bhanbhro since 2023
- Dr Shandana Khan Mohmand since 2024
- Dr Simona Vittorini since 2024
- Dr Thomas Chambers since 2019
- Professor Andrea Major since 2025
- Professor Anindita Ghosh since 2020
- Professor Annapurna Deborah Waughray since 2025
- Professor Christophe Jaffrelot since 2023
- Professor Indrajit Roy since 2024
- Professor Mukulika Banerjee since 2024
3y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Thomas Chambers since 2019
5.4y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (14)
- Arvind Kumar since 2023
- Dr Dibyadyuti Roy since 2023
- Dr Jahnavi Phalkey since 2022
- Dr Mani Sudhir Selvaraj since 2025
- Dr Priyanka Basu since 2021
- Dr Priyanka Singh since 2023
- Dr Sadiq Bhanbhro since 2023
- Dr Shandana Khan Mohmand since 2024
- Dr Simona Vittorini since 2024
- Dr Thomas Chambers since 2019
- Professor Andrea Major since 2025
- Professor Anindita Ghosh since 2020
- Professor Christophe Jaffrelot since 2023
- Professor Mukulika Banerjee since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Professor Annapurna Deborah Waughray since 2025
- Professor Indrajit Roy since 2024
2
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Education/training 16Arts/culture/heritage/science 15Environment/conservation/heritage 15Accommodation/housing 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Other services 2Arts and leisure 1
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
incomespending£20k latest income
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.
Connected through a shared trustee
- Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1 shared trustee
- Quaker Social Action 1 shared trustee
- Development Studies Association 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- Wakefield and District U 3 A Similar size; both Environment
- Maha Shiv Shakti Mandir Similar size; both Environment
- 1ST Rayne Scout Group Similar size; both Environment
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | http://www.basas.org.uk |
| basas@basas.org.uk | |
| Phone | 0204 542 0149 |
| Address | 27 OLD GLOUCESTER STREET, BLOOMSBURY, LONDON, WC1N 3AX |
Finances
£20,387 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £28,003 | £13,667 |
| 2022 | £28,960 | £26,682 |
| 2023 | £23,678 | £18,889 |
| 2024 | £25,388 | £24,103 |
| 2025 | £20,387 | £26,839 |
What it does
What
Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageWho
Children/young PeoplePeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankindHow
Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyCharitable objects
TO PROMOTE STUDIES IN REGARD TO SOUTH ASIA.
Governing document: RULES ADOPTED 1 JUNE 1972 AND AMENDED 2 DECEMBER 1983 AND 26 SEPTEMBER 2007 as amended on 19 Apr 2017
Trustees (16)
16trustees
65median age
0aged 70+
- Arvind Kumar since 2023
- Dr Dibyadyuti Roy since 2023
- Dr Jahnavi Phalkey since 2022
- Dr Mani Sudhir Selvaraj since 2025
- Dr Priyanka Basu since 2021
- Dr Priyanka Singh since 2023
- Dr Sadiq Bhanbhro since 2023
- Dr Shandana Khan Mohmand since 2024
- Dr Simona Vittorini since 2024
- Dr Thomas Chambers since 2019
- Professor Andrea Majorage band 65-69 since 2025
- Professor Anindita Ghosh since 2020
- Professor Annapurna Deborah Waughrayage band 65-69 since 2025
- Professor Christophe Jaffrelot since 2023
- Professor Indrajit Roy since 2024
- Professor Mukulika Banerjee since 2024
Connected charities (2)
- Development Studies Association 1 shared trustee
- Quaker Social Action 1 shared trustee
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