Skip to content
Governance Register
Sign inFind yourself
Find yourselfSign in
Search How it works For organisations For professionals

Edition

United Kingdom (current)IrelandUnited StatesNew ZealandCanadaAustraliaScotlandNorthern Ireland
Registered charity · No. 1016972 · LondoniSource and licenceOfficial record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.Register edition compiled 25 October 2026.Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.How we handle data

The Royal Collection Trust

Income
£85.3m
▼ 5.1% on 2025
Expenditure
£81.8m
▲ 7.6% on 2025
Reserves
£14.4m
▲ 78.4% on 2025
Runway
2 months
▲ 1 month on 2025
Spent on charitable work
71%
▼ 0.4 pts on 2025
Trustees
11
4.7y av
Staff
1,106
▲ 42 staff on 2025
Volunteers
1
reported in the annual return
How am I connected?

The board

11 listediCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
NameRoleSinceOn the board
Dr Anna Julia KeayTrustee2018
8 yrs
Dr Tonya NelsonTrustee2022
4 yrs
James ChalmersTrustee2025
1 yr
James LambertTrustee2026
new
Marc Jan BollandTrustee2017
9 yrs
Monisha ShahTrustee2022
4 yrs
Sir Brian IvoryTrustee2021
5 yrs
Sir Clive Alderton KcvoTrustee2022
4 yrs
Sir Nicholas Bacon Bt KcvoTrustee2024
2 yrs
The Right Honourable Lord Richard BenyonTrustee2024
2 yrs
Vice Admiral Charles Anthony Johnstone-Burt CB OBE DLTrustee2017
9 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Former company secretaries of the charitable company: Sir Hugh Ashley Roberts (1996-2008), Sir Geoffrey De Bellaigue (1993-1996), Robert Edward Foster (1992-1993). Full officer list

Subsidiaries

1 companyiEach company here has this charity named as an owner on the Companies House register of people with significant control (PSC).A charity is matched to a PSC entry by registration number, or by exact name and postcode. An entry that matches only by name (postcode differs) is marked likely. Names shared by several charities are never linked. Current directors are from Companies House.
Royal Collection Enterprises Ltd 02778486 Subsidiary Active iOfficial. The PSC entry gives Companies House number 02713536, this charity's own company number, and its name matches the charity's name exactly.
Source: Companies House register of people with significant control.The PSC entry names The Royal Collection Trust as a corporate owner of this company, notified 6 April 2016. Matching is exact on names, numbers and postcodes; nothing is matched loosely.
Control: 75-100% of shares (notified 6 April 2016)
Current directors
  • Loading directors...
Full board, including past officers

Source: Companies House register of people with significant control. Control levels are as filed by the company.

Board DNA

iCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.
Average tenure
4.4y
median 4y
Longest tenure
9y
since 2017
Years in governance
10.6y
per person, across all their boards
Also company directors
8
also sit on company boards
Joined in the last 3 years
4
of 11 on the board

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (3)

Sector coverageiThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 11Environment/conservation/heritage 11Arts/culture/heritage/science 10General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experienceiThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 15Education 4Business services 3

Succession forecast

🔒 Succession forecast is a Pro feature - the board seats likely to open in the next year and the ideal next trustee. Explore Pro →