The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Royal Geographical Society (With the Institute of British Geographers)

Registered charity 208791 Registered since 1963

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

1y median 1y
average tenure
1y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (2)

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 14Environment/conservation/heritage 14Arts/culture/heritage/science 13Religious Activities 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 2Tech and media 2Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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
2024
incomespending£6.1m 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.

12.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 11.4 in 2020

62 from 52 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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.rgs.org
Emailenquiries@rgs.org
Phone02075913010
AddressROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, 1 KENSINGTON GORE, LONDON, SW7 2AR

Finances

£6,076,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£5,075,000£4,496,000
2021£4,647,000£4,967,000
2022£6,038,000£5,561,000
2023£5,843,000£6,081,000
2024£6,076,000£6,303,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

ADVANCEMENT OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER 8 FEBRUARY 1859

Trustees (14)

14trustees
58median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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