# BRITISH INSTITUTE IN EASTERN AFRICA

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1061622
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 27, 1997
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1061622


## Contact

- **Address:** BRITISH INSTITUTE IN EASTERN AFRICA, 10 CARLTON HOUSE TERRACE, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SW1Y 5AH
- **Phone:** 00254735260004
- **Email:** BIEA.DIRECTOR@THEBRITISHACADEMY.AC.UK
- **Website:** http://www.biea.ac.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** 2 Objects2.1 The Objects of the Charity are for the public benefit and are specifically restricted to undertaking, promoting and encouraging arts, humanities and social sciences research in and on Africa.

**Activities:** 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.

**Area of benefit:** EASTERN AFRICA




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Kenya
- City Of Westminster



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £884396 | £846606 | £860277 | 20 |
| March 31, 2024 | £863246 | £764180 | £821119 | 24 |
| March 31, 2023 | £858649 | £852960 | £691956 | 21 |
| March 31, 2022 | £1204281 | £1317392 | £713601 | 17 |
| March 31, 2021 | £794854 | £689303 | £817311 | 19 |



## Trustees

- **Professor Justin Willis** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 3, 2021
- Dr Cedric Barnes — appointed June 12, 2024
- Dr Martha Gayoye — appointed Nov. 19, 2025
- Professor Daniel Branch — appointed Nov. 19, 2025
- Professor Emma Hunter — appointed Nov. 22, 2019
- Professor GABRIELLE MARY LYNCH
- Professor Sharath Srinivasan — appointed Dec. 14, 2022
- Professor Wale Adebanwi — appointed Dec. 14, 2022
- Rt Hon Mr Mark Jonathan Mortlock Simmonds — appointed Nov. 23, 2016
- Thomas Palmer — appointed March 25, 2026