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The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known AS the Royal Society)

  • 24 trustees
  • Income £158m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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Public contracts won

3 contracts

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • UK-US Fulbright Commission’s Summer Reception (con_31753) Buyer: Department for Education Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Contract for an event for UK US Fulbright Summer Reception.

  • CSP26684 - MSCA Showcase Event Buyer: UK Research and Innovation Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    ***** THIS IS A CONTRACT DETAILS NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This procurement is being concluded without competition due to an absence of competition for technical reasons. UK Research & Innovation require event services toward…

  • UK-US Fulbright Commission’s Summer Reception (con_31753) Buyer: Department for Education Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Contract for the event for UK US Fulbright Summer Reception.

About

What it does
Education/training, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Scotland, Northern Ireland, Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.royalsociety.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Royal Society
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£158m£152m
  • 2024£396m£146m
  • 2023£140m£142m
Earlier years
  • 2022£125m£128m
  • 2021£136m£138m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 75%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF NATURAL KNOWLEDGE

Grants received

11 grants · £321,831,405 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £223,159,617 (5 grants)
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £98,603,486 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £43,302
  • Woodward Charitable Trust · £25,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £110,006,5462022-03-31
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £111,835,0002022-03-31
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £175,5712022-02-03
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £1,122,4432022-02-03
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £20,0572022-02-03
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.

2.3y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4.6y
average years in governance
4
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 24Other Charitable Purposes 24The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Disability 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.

Arts and leisure 2Business services 2Health and social care 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£157.6m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 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.

2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 2.3 in 2021

291 from 219 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
207043
Status
Registered
Governing document
ROYAL CHARTERS DATED 1662, 1663 AND 1669
Companies House
Company number RC000519 · Active
Contact on the register
+44 207 451 2500 · info@royalsociety.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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