The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society Limited

Registered charity 1081199 Registered since 2000

Operates: Cornwall

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

13 trustees on the board

4.9y median 4y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (1)

12
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 13Education/training 13Disability 1

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

Retail and trade 12Education 3Arts and leisure 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2025
incomespending£544k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

7
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.thepoly.org
Emailinfo@thepoly.org
Phone01326 319461
AddressROYAL CORNWALL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY, 24 CHURCH STREET, FALMOUTH, TR11 3EG

Finances

£543,790 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£373,818£229,849
2021£227,554£306,087
2022£308,523£382,479
2023£386,546£485,709
2025£543,790£623,266

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED TO EDUCATE AND ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE ARTS SCIENCES CRAFTS AND HISTORY WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL AND GENERALLY TO CARRY ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ROYAL CORNWALL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY AND FALMOUTH ARTS IN SUCCESSION TO THE ROYAL CORNWALL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY AND FALMOUTH ARTS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19/01/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/10/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/10/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/05/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 FEB 2017 as amended on 23 Sept 2025

Trustees (13)

13trustees
64median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society Limited · 03909555 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 19/01/2000

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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