Registered charity · London
Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
- 11 trustees
- Income £1.7m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rt Hon Professor Lord Ajay Kumar KakkarChair · since 2022
- Dame Alison NimmoTrustee · since 2020
- Professor Andy Hopper CBE FRS Freng FietTrustee · since 2018
- Professor Christopher Mark Wise RDI FrengTrustee · since 2019
- Professor Dame Ann DowlingTrustee · since 2020
- Professor Dame Sarah Marcella Springman DBETrustee · since 2024
- Professor Eleanor Stride OBETrustee · since 2022
- Professor Jameel 'Jim' Sadik Al-Khalili CBETrustee · since 2021
- Professor Sadie Anna Morgan OBETrustee · since 2024
- Sandra RobertsonTrustee · since 2020
- The Rt Hon Lord Ian Burnett of MaldonTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.royalcommission1851.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.7m£6.7m
- 2024£2.3m£6.6m
- 2023£2.6m£5.7m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.4m£6.3m
- 2021£2.3m£5.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO INCREASE THE MEANS OF INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION AND TO EXTEND THE INFLUENCE OF SCIENCE AND ART UPON PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRY.
Board analysis
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
- Rt Hon Professor Lord Ajay Kumar Kakkar Chair since 2022
- Dame Alison Nimmo since 2020
- 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
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
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- 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 (7)
- Rt Hon Professor Lord Ajay Kumar Kakkar Chair since 2022
- Dame Alison Nimmo since 2020
- 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
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 206123
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- ROYAL CHARTER DATED 2ND DECEMBER 1851
- Contact on the register
- 02075948790 · royalcom1851@imperial.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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