The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Royal Archaeological Institute

Registered charity 226222 Registered since 1964

Operates: 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.

18 trustees on the board

1.6y median 1.5y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
3.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (6)

3
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 18Environment/conservation/heritage 18Education/training 3General Charitable Purposes 3

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 2Construction 1Other 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£128k 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.royalarchinst.org
Emailadmin@royalarchinst.org
Phone07847 600756
AddressSOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES, BURLINGTON HOUSE, PICCADILLY, LONDON, W1J 0BE

Finances

£142,764 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£117,569£100,145
2022£100,142£101,753
2023£127,403£139,083
2024£128,295£144,765
2025£142,764£163,621

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO EXAMINE, PRESERVE AND ILLUSTRATE THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS, PAST HISTORY....OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES....BY A BODY OF PERSONS ESTABLISHED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND NOT OTHERWISE: TO HOLD MEETINGS: TO CONTRIBUTE FUNDS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS, FOR RESEARCH AND OTHER ANTIQUARIAN PURPOSES: TO PUBLISH A JOURNAL,ETC. (FOR DETAILS SEE PARA 11 OF ROYAL CHARTER).

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER DATED 11TH OCTOBER 1961

Trustees (18)

18trustees
69median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (6)

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