BAFTA trustees may have breached U.K. charity and company law by accepting complimentary awards‑show tickets that were not disclosed in the organisation’s financial accounts, Variety reported after questions raised at the academy’s annual general meeting; the story focuses on trustee guest tickets and legal advice commissioned by BAFTA’s membership council.
Variety says Michael Pritchett, chair of BAFTA’s membership council, told members he had commissioned legal advice that raised concerns the trustees who approved the allocations “may have” broken charity and company law by taking free guest tickets, and that those tickets were not disclosed in BAFTA’s accounts, according to the report.
The article reports BAFTA has launched a review into historic guest-ticket allocations after the allegation surfaced at the AGM; the review is intended to examine whether any past practice breached charity governance or reporting requirements, the Variety piece says.
How charities must report benefits to trustees is governed by U.K. charity and company regulations requiring disclosure where trustees receive personal benefit; Variety’s reporting frames the legal advice Pritchett commissioned as the basis for the membership council raising the matter with the board.
What the review could cover and next steps
Variety says the review will look at historic allocations of complimentary guest tickets at BAFTA’s film, television and games awards and whether those allocations were properly recorded in BAFTA’s financial statements and trustee declarations.
The membership council raised the issue at BAFTA’s annual general meeting, and Pritchett’s comments — as reported — prompted the organisation to start a formal review to establish the facts and consider governance implications.
The public reporting so far is limited to the account in Variety’s article; the piece does not quote BAFTA’s full internal statement or any external regulator, so the outcome of the review and whether any legal breaches will be confirmed remains to be established.
Sources
- Variety — reported that Michael Pritchett said legal advice suggested trustees who accepted complimentary guest tickets may have breached charity and company law, and that BAFTA has launched a review.
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