Registered charity · London
British American Drama Academy
- 11 trustees
- Income £3.4m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Andrew Ian HudsonTrustee · since 2025
- Blake Elliott RobisonTrustee · since 2025
- Jiawei LuTrustee · since 2022
- Katherine PlanasTrustee · since 2025
- Malcolm JohnTrustee · since 2021
- Matthew Douglas TruemanTrustee · since 2022
- Matthew Nigel TurnbullTrustee · since 2025
- Peter KesslerTrustee · since 2025
- Richard Dean JohnsonTrustee · since 2021
- Samir JoshiTrustee · since 2022
- Zoe Jane AshcroftTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Camden, Oxfordshire
- Website
- www.bada.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- British American Drama Academy
- Registered
- 1985
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.4m£3.2m
- 2024£2.9m£2.6m
- 2023£2.9m£2.5m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.8m£1.6m
- 2021£393k£892k
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY BY STIMULATING AND GIVING INSTRUCTION IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE PERFORMINGH AND THEATRICAL ARTS.
Board analysis for researchers
Board DNA
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Andrew Ian Hudson since 2025
- Blake Elliott Robison since 2025
- Jiawei Lu since 2022
- Katherine Planas since 2025
- Malcolm John since 2021
- Matthew Douglas Trueman since 2022
- Matthew Nigel Turnbull since 2025
- Peter Kessler since 2025
- Richard Dean Johnson since 2021
- Samir Joshi since 2022
- Zoe Jane Ashcroft since 2021
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Andrew Ian Hudson since 2025
- Blake Elliott Robison since 2025
- Jiawei Lu since 2022
- Katherine Planas since 2025
- Malcolm John since 2021
- Matthew Douglas Trueman since 2022
- Matthew Nigel Turnbull since 2025
- Peter Kessler since 2025
- Richard Dean Johnson since 2021
- Samir Joshi since 2022
Portfolio (1)
- Zoe Jane Ashcroft since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
5.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 291796
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28TH JUNE 1984AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10 OCT 2018 as amended on 02 Feb 2021 as amended on 26 Sep 2022 as amended on 26 Jun 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 01828640 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 020 7487 0730 · info@bada.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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