The British Academy has unveiled the make-up of its 14,000 members five years after going through a comprehensive review process aimed at increasing diversity and inclusion.

According to BAFTA , as of 2025, it has achieved nearly all of the membership targets set out in 2020, with 20% minority ethnic group (actual 19.85%), 12% Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent (actually 12.84%) and 10% LGB+ (actual 13.29%). However, while BAFTA did set a target of 50% of its membership identifying as women, this figure is currently 43%. But it noted that 51% of new members joining since 2020 identify as women.

A socio-economic background target was not set in 2020, with BAFTA introducing this question — as determined by the Social Mobility Commission — and beginning reporting on it in 2023. Currently, 19

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