The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Royal Drawing School

Registered charity 1101538 Registered since 2004

Operates: Throughout London, Scotland

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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.

11 trustees on the board

3.9y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (3)

10
company-linked trustees

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

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

Property 14Finance 13Education 12

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£4.5m latest income
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.

8.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.0 in 2021

53 from 46 in 2021
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.royaldrawingschool.org
Emailadmin@royaldrawingschool.org
Phone02076138568
Address19-22 CHARLOTTE ROAD, LONDON, EC2A 3SG

Finances

£4,501,360 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,567,211£3,252,293
2022£3,169,508£3,161,060
2023£3,647,520£3,791,629
2024£4,411,082£3,786,130
2025£4,501,360£5,051,256

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS OF DRAWING, PAINTING, FINE ART, SCULPTURE, PRINT MAKING, FASHION AND DESIGN.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/11/2003NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 31/03/2013AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 23/01/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24 MAY 2017

Trustees (11)

11trustees
63median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Royal Drawing School · 04971133 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 20/11/2003

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (6)

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