The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
Registered charity 210639 Registered since 1962
Operates: City Of Westminster, Belgium, Kenya, United States
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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
- 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 Hall since 2020
- Laurence Stephen Geller CBE since 2019
- Lord Peter Forbes Ricketts since 2019
- Rt Hon Amber Augusta Rudd since 2020
- Rt Hon John Whitaker Straw since 2020
- Sharon Thorne since 2024
- Suzanne Elizabeth Raine since 2019
5.4y median 6y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- The Duke of Wellington Charles Wellesley OBE DL Chair since 2016
- Admiral Sir Philip Andrew Jones GCB DL since 2020
- Janice Elizabeth Hall since 2020
- Laurence Stephen Geller CBE since 2019
- Lord Peter Forbes Ricketts since 2019
- Suzanne Elizabeth Raine since 2019
9.7y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- 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 Hall since 2020
- Laurence Stephen Geller CBE since 2019
- Sharon Thorne since 2024
Portfolio (4)
- Lord Peter Forbes Ricketts since 2019
- Rt Hon Amber Augusta Rudd since 2020
- Rt Hon John Whitaker Straw since 2020
- Suzanne Elizabeth Raine since 2019
5
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Other Charitable Purposes 11Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 3Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 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.
Other services 5Professional services 4Tech and media 3
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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£16.6m 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.
3.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 11.7 in 2021
113 from 93 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.
11%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.
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
- 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
Also active in the same field
- The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts Similar size; both Other purposes
- Screenskills Limited Similar size; both Other purposes
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.rusi.org |
| 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 PurposesWho
The General Public/mankindHow
Provides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable ActivitiesCharitable 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
69median age
2aged 70+
- 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 band 65-69 since 2020
- Laurence Stephen Geller CBE since 2019
- Lord Peter Forbes Rickettsage band 70-74 since 2019
- Rt Hon Amber Augusta Ruddage band 60-64 since 2020
- Rt Hon John Whitaker Strawage band 75-79 since 2020
- Sharon Thorne since 2024
- Suzanne Elizabeth Raineage band 55-59 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 (5)
- 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
- Friends of the Kyiv School of Economics 1 shared trustee
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