BBC MEDIA ACTION

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. BBC MEDIA ACTION 2011-12-16 → present
2. THE BBC WORLD SERVICE TRUST 1999-11-02 → 2011-12-16
3. THE BBC WORLD SERVICE TRAINING TRUST 1998-02-26 → 1999-11-02

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Buzzacott Audit LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Our board of trustees is of the opinion that BBC Media Action has adequate resources to continue as a going concern, as is further explained in Note 1 of the Financial Statements. In the unlikely circumstances where sudden significant shocks might compromise the financial viability of the organisation, BBC Media Action has received written assurance of support from the BBC Group.”

Group structure

1. BBC MEDIA ACTION · parent
   1. BBC Media Action (India) Limited 100% · India · work in India
   2. BBC Media Action Nepal Private Limited 100% · Nepal · work in Nepal
   3. British Broadcasting Corporation Media Action Ltd/Gte 100% · Nigeria · work in Nigeria

Significant events

• “In February 2025, we were targeted by misinformation on social media and in traditional, 'alternative' and digital press linked to our funding from USAID and our work in Afghanistan.”
• “We launched The Pursuit of Truth, our new initiative to support the young journalists of tomorrow, at the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York in September 2024.”
• “We kicked off celebrations for our 25th anniversary with an event in London in November 2024.”
• “Our radio programme for young children in Gaza, Zaza and Zuzu, was named Outstanding Initiative for Underserved Audiences in the BBC News Awards.”
• “Our beloved radio programme and social media output for young people in Tanzania, Niambie! (Tell Me), turned 10!”
• “In May 2024, we launched our new organisational strategy to 2027: TRUST. DEMOCRACY. TRANSFORMED LIVES.”
• “We were pleased to receive our largest-ever unrestricted donation from the #StartSmall philanthropic initiative of Jack Dorsey.”
• “In February 2025, with funding from the UK's FCDO, we began a new project in Uganda, focused on identifying and countering mis- and disinformation ahead of planned elections in January 2026.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

13

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

4

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +3.4%

  £25,175,000 → £26,023,000

• Cash

  +145%

  £2,323,000 → £5,692,000

• Net assets

  -7.7%

  £1,550,000 → £1,431,000

• Employees

  —

  Not reported

• Wages

  -6%

  £11,023,000 → £10,364,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers