The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom

Registered charity 213962 Registered since 1963

Operates: Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales

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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.

13 trustees on the board

3.1y median 1y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (4)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 13Education/training 13The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 1Education 1Professional services 1

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£236k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

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.rsliterature.org
Emailinfo@rsliterature.org
Phone02078454679
AddressROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE, SOMERSET HOUSE, STRAND, LONDON, WC2R 1LA

Finances

£236,467 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£338,117£428,280
2021£290,353£463,132
2022£1,248,913£512,001
2023£254,690£576,937
2024£236,467£734,644

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LITERATURE GENERALLY.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 01 JAN 1825AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 19 JUN 2017

Trustees (13)

13trustees
41median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (5)

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