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Registered charity · London

The British Academy of Forensic Sciences

  • 14 trustees
  • Income £38k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.bafs.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1988

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£38k£43k
  • 2023£36k£51k
  • 2022£52k£94k
Earlier years
  • 2021£28k£23k
  • 2020£27k£23k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

1. TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDY, IMPROVE THE PRACTICE AND ADVANCE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE FORENSIC SCIENCES, RELATING TO MEDICINE, SCIENCE AND THE LAW.2. TO IMPROVE AND DEVELOP THE EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF BOTH THOSE ACTIVELY CONCERNED IN THE PRACTICE OF THE FORENSIC SCIENCES AND OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY.

Grants received

2 grants · £5,919 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Work and Pensions · £5,919 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Work and Pensions £2,9862022-04-01
  • Department for Work and Pensions £2,9332021-04-01
Board analysis

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.

14 trustees on the board

4.6y median 5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

Portfolio (1)

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 14Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1Other Charitable Purposes 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.

Education 2Health and social care 2Other services 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£38k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
30 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
299875
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 26TH MAY 1988 AS AMENDED ON 3 JUNE 1999 AND 7 APRIL 2008.
Contact on the register
0207 848 4130 · contact@bafs.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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