Editing British Academy (section)

{{short description|National academy of humanities and social sciences}}
{{distinguish|text=the [[Royal Academy]] or the [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox organization
| name                = The British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies
| image               = BA prime logo.svg
| motto               = 
| formation           = {{start date and age|1902}}
| type                = [[National academy]]
| status              = Charity
| headquarters        = [[London]], England
| leader_title        = President
| leader_name         = [[Julia Black]]
| abbreviation        = 
| membership          = 1,500
| num_staff           = 
| website             = {{official URL}}
}}

'''The British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies''' is the United Kingdom's [[national academy]] for the [[humanities]] and the [[social science]]s.
It was established in 1902<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Advancement of Natural Knowledge|author=Lockyer, N.|author-link=Norman Lockyer|journal=Nature|year=1902|volume=65|issue=1683|pages=289–291|doi=10.1038/065289a0|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015038751007&view=1up&seq=373&q1=gazette|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Dicey, Edward|author-link=Edward Dicey|title=A Chartered Academy|journal=The Nineteenth Century and After|volume=51|issue=301|year=1902|pages=493–505|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b000573733&view=1up&seq=507&q1=dicey}}</ref> and received its [[royal charter]] in the same year. It is now a fellowship of more than 1,000 leading scholars spanning all disciplines across the humanities and social sciences and a funding body for research projects across the United Kingdom. The academy is a self-governing and independent registered charity, based at 10–11 [[Carlton House Terrace]] in [[London]].

The British Academy is primarily funded with annual government grants. In 2022, £49.3m of its £51.7m of charitable income came from the [[Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy]] – in the same year it took in around £2.0m in trading income and £0.56m in other income.  This funding is expected to continue under the new [[Department for Business and Trade]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The British Academy Annual Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for the year ended 31st March 2022 |url=https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/4230/Signed_BA_Accounts_31_Mar_22_-_High_Res_Distn_Copy.pdf |publisher=The British Academy |access-date=2023-05-05 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230505131507/https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/4230/Signed_BA_Accounts_31_Mar_22_-_High_Res_Distn_Copy.pdf |archive-date=2023-05-05  }}</ref>