Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
Registered charity 206123 Registered since 1962
Operates: Scotland, Northern Ireland
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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.
12 trustees on the board
- Rt Hon Professor Lord Ajay Kumar Kakkar Chair since 2022
- Dame Alison Nimmo DBE since 2020
- Professor Dame Carol Vivien Robinson DBE since 2021
- Professor Andy Hopper CBE FRS Freng Fiet since 2018
- Professor Christopher Mark Wise RDI Freng since 2019
- Professor Dame Ann Dowling since 2020
- Professor Dame Sarah Marcella Springman DBE since 2024
- Professor Eleanor Stride OBE since 2022
- Professor Jameel 'Jim' Sadik Al-Khalili CBE since 2021
- Professor Sadie Anna Morgan OBE since 2024
- Sandra Robertson since 2020
- The Rt Hon Lord Ian Burnett of Maldon since 2023
4.8y median 5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Professor Andy Hopper CBE FRS Freng Fiet since 2018
- Professor Christopher Mark Wise RDI Freng since 2019
- Professor Dame Ann Dowling since 2020
9.8y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Dame Alison Nimmo DBE since 2020
- Professor Dame Carol Vivien Robinson DBE since 2021
- Professor Andy Hopper CBE FRS Freng Fiet since 2018
- Professor Christopher Mark Wise RDI Freng since 2019
- Professor Jameel 'Jim' Sadik Al-Khalili CBE since 2021
- Professor Sadie Anna Morgan OBE since 2024
Portfolio (6)
- Rt Hon Professor Lord Ajay Kumar Kakkar Chair since 2022
- Professor Dame Ann Dowling since 2020
- Professor Dame Sarah Marcella Springman DBE since 2024
- Professor Eleanor Stride OBE since 2022
- Sandra Robertson since 2020
- The Rt Hon Lord Ian Burnett of Maldon since 2023
2
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 12Economic/community Development/employment 1Recreation 1Religious Activities 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.
Finance 4Professional services 4Property 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.
incomespending£2.3m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.
120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
5 from 5 in 2020
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
- The Isaac Newton Trust 1 shared trustee
- ST Hilda's College in the University of Oxford 1 shared trustee
- ST Catherine's College in the University of Oxford 1 shared trustee
- Selden Society 1 shared trustee
- The King's Fund 1 shared trustee
- The House of the Blessed Mary the Virgin in Oxford, Commonly Called Oriel College, of the Foundation of Edward the Second of Famous Memory Sometime King of England 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.royalcommission1851.org.uk |
| royalcom1851@imperial.ac.uk | |
| Phone | 02075948790 |
| Address | 453 SHERFIELD BUILDING, IMPERIAL COLLEGE, LONDON, SW7 2AZ |
Finances
£1,709,181 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £2,259,666 | £5,182,525 |
| 2022 | £2,393,548 | £6,269,776 |
| 2023 | £2,565,941 | £5,723,796 |
| 2024 | £2,267,734 | £6,625,778 |
| 2025 | £1,709,181 | £6,660,972 |
What it does
What
Education/trainingWho
Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsHow
Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsCharitable objects
TO INCREASE THE MEANS OF INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION AND TO EXTEND THE INFLUENCE OF SCIENCE AND ART UPON PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRY.
Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER DATED 2ND DECEMBER 1851
Trustees (12)
12trustees
60median age
0aged 70+
- Rt Hon Professor Lord Ajay Kumar Kakkar Chair since 2022
- Dame Alison Nimmo DBEage band 60-64 since 2020
- Professor Dame Carol Vivien Robinson DBE since 2021
- Professor Andy Hopper CBE FRS Freng Fiet since 2018
- Professor Christopher Mark Wise RDI Freng since 2019
- Professor Dame Ann Dowling since 2020
- Professor Dame Sarah Marcella Springman DBE since 2024
- Professor Eleanor Stride OBE since 2022
- Professor Jameel 'Jim' Sadik Al-Khalili CBE since 2021
- Professor Sadie Anna Morgan OBEage band 55-59 since 2024
- Sandra Robertson since 2020
- The Rt Hon Lord Ian Burnett of Maldon since 2023
Connected charities (7)
- Selden Society 1 shared trustee
- Bartley Village Hall Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
- The House of the Blessed Mary the Virgin in Oxford, Commonly Called Oriel College, of the Foundation of Edward the Second of Famous Memory Sometime King of England 1 shared trustee
- ST Catherine's College in the University of Oxford 1 shared trustee
- The King's Fund 1 shared trustee
- ST Hilda's College in the University of Oxford 1 shared trustee
- The Isaac Newton Trust 1 shared trustee
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