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THE BRITISH INSTITUTE IN EASTERN AFRICA

Company no. 03341342 · PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
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THE BRITISH INSTITUTE IN EASTERN AFRICA is an active 29-year-old company, with accounts filed and up to date and no outstanding charges or mortgages registered. No adverse signals found on the public record.

Risk indicatorsNo adverse signals found
Active on the Companies House register
Accounts filed and up to date
No outstanding charges or mortgages registered
Established — 29+ years on the register

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Company details
Established 10+ years
StatusActive
Company number03341342
TypePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated27 Mar 1997 · 29 yrs
Registered office10 CARLTON HOUSE TERRACE, LONDON, SW1Y 5AH
Nature of business85422 - Post-graduate level higher education
Next accounts due31 Dec 2026
Confirmation statement due17 Apr 2027

Contact

Contact from the Charity Commission (official public register).

Charity Commission

Charity number
1061622
Charity status
Registered
Registered charity since
27 Mar 1997
Charity type
Charitable company
Latest income
£884,396 · year to 31 Mar 2025
Latest expenditure
£846,606

What THE BRITISH INSTITUTE IN EASTERN AFRICA does

The BIEA is active in research into the history, archaeology and social sciences of Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and surrounding countries. It encourages research by individual scholars, works with the universities, museums and antiquities services of the eastern African countries and liaises with international scholarship. It maintains a centre for research and a library at its base in Nairobi.

Charitable objects and activities as declared by the charity to the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Charity income & expenditure

Financial year endingIncomeExpenditureNet
31 Mar 2025 £884,396 £846,606 £37,790
31 Mar 2024 £863,246 £764,180 £99,066
31 Mar 2023 £858,649 £852,960 £5,689
31 Mar 2022 £1,204,281 £1,317,392 −£113,111
31 Mar 2021 £794,854 £689,303 £105,551

Figures as filed in the charity's annual returns to the Charity Commission — last 5 reported years. Net is income less expenditure; a negative figure means the charity spent more than it received that year.

Trustees (10)

Professor Justin WillisChair
Trustee · appointed 3 Nov 2021
Dr Cedric Barnes
Trustee · appointed 12 Jun 2024
Dr Laura Sophie Basell
Trustee · appointed 20 Apr 2026
Dr Martha Gayoye
Trustee · appointed 19 Nov 2025
Professor Emma Hunter
Trustee · appointed 22 Nov 2019
Professor GABRIELLE MARY LYNCH
Trustee
Professor Sharath Srinivasan
Trustee · appointed 14 Dec 2022
Professor Wale Adebanwi
Trustee · appointed 14 Dec 2022
Rt Hon Mr Mark Jonathan Mortlock Simmonds
Trustee · appointed 23 Nov 2016
Thomas Palmer
Trustee · appointed 25 Mar 2026

Trustees as recorded on the Charity Commission register. For a charitable company the trustees are normally also its Companies House directors, so this list and the Directors & officers list below should broadly agree — a large discrepancy is worth asking about.

Directors & officers

No active officers found on the public register.

Ownership & control (PSC)

Professor Justin Willis
Individual person with significant control · significant influence or control
Filing status
AccountsUp to date
Last accounts made up to31 Mar 2025
Next accounts due31 Dec 2026
Confirmation statementUp to date
Last statement3 Apr 2026
Next statement due17 Apr 2027
Accounts typeSmall company

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