The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

Registered charity 210639 Registered since 1962

Operates: City Of Westminster, Belgium, Kenya, United States

Connected trustee network

The connection graph needs a free account.

This charity's record is public. The network of who else its trustees govern is compiled from the registers by us, and an account keeps it out of bulk scrapers.

Find a path from this charity →

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.

trustees on the board

5.4y median 6y

average tenure

10y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

9.4y

average years in governance

9 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Other Charitable Purposes 11Education/training 3General Charitable Purposes 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1

Commercial experience

Other services 3Business services 2Tech and media 2

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Boards that share trustees

Franco-British Council - British Section 1 shared trustee
Blackburn Youth Zone 1 shared trustee
Selwyn College Cambridge 1 shared trustee
Lincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial 1 shared trustee

🔒 Succession forecast is a Pro feature - the board seats likely to open in the next year and the ideal next trustee. Explore Pro →

Related organisations

Selwyn College Cambridge 1 shared trustee
Blackburn Youth Zone 1 shared trustee
Franco-British Council - British Section 1 shared trustee
Lincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial 1 shared trustee
The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts Similar size; both Other purposes
Screenskills Limited Similar size; both Other purposes

Boards that overlap with this one through shared trustees, or govern in the same field. Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.rusi.org
Email	director@rusi.org
Phone	0207 747 2600
Address	RUSI, WHITEHALL, LONDON, SW1A 2ET

Finances

£16,616,542 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£11,130,492	£9,393,083
2022	£15,367,601	£11,848,010
2023	£16,800,162	£15,991,716
2024	£18,715,927	£18,172,618
2025	£16,616,542	£16,561,198

What it does

What

Other Charitable Purposes

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE SCIENCE AND LITERATURE OF THE THREE SERVICES

Governing document: INSTITUTION FOUNDED IN 1831. ROYAL CHARTER OF INCORPORATION GRANTED IN 1860. SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 11 MARCH 1971 AND SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 27 AUGUST 2004.AS AMENDED ON 09 SEP 2016 01 JUL 2021

Trustees (12)

12trustees

71median age

2aged 70+

Succession outlook: 2 of 12 trustees are aged 70 or over.

The Duke of Wellington Charles Wellesley OBE DL Chair since 2016
Admiral Sir Philip Andrew Jones GCB DL since 2020
Baroness Poppy Gustafsson CBE since 2026
Divyata Ashiya since 2022
General Sir Nicholas Patrick Carter since 2022
Janice Elizabeth Hallage 69 since 2020
Laurence Stephen Geller CBE since 2019
Lord Peter Forbes Rickettsage 73 since 2019
Rt Hon Amber Augusta Rudd since 2020
Rt Hon John Whitaker Strawage 79 since 2020
Sharon Thorne since 2024
Suzanne Elizabeth Raineage 55 since 2019

Linked company (Companies House)

The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies · RC000531 · Active

Royal Charter Company · incorporated 01/01/1981

Connected charities (4)

Blackburn Youth Zone 1 shared trustee
Franco-British Council - British Section 1 shared trustee
Selwyn College Cambridge 1 shared trustee
Lincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial 1 shared trustee

For recruiters

Tools for approaching charities and finding candidates. In development - register to get early access.

Report an error in this record - let us know.