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Registered charity · London

Royal Commonwealth Society

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £226k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity and 1 more
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.royalcwsociety.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Royal Commonwealth Society
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£226k£264k
  • 2024£324k£239k
  • 2023£348k£373k
Earlier years
  • 2022£367k£312k
  • 2021£349k£280k
Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE WITHIN OUR UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS THE INCREASE AND SPREAD OF KNOWLEDGE RESPECTING THE PEOPLE AND COUNTRIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND THEIR CULTURES BY PROVIDING A CENTRAL COMMONWEALTH MEETING PLACE WITH CULTURAL AND SOCIAL FACILITIES FOR MEMBERS. (SEE SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER)

Board analysis for researchers

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.

4 trustees on the board

3.8y median 3.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (2)

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 4Education/training 4Environment/conservation/heritage 4

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 2Tech and media 2Arts and leisure 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£226k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
226748
Status
Registered
Governing document
ROYAL CHARTER 1882; SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTERS 1922, 1964 AND 2004. ORDER IN COUNCIL 1928 AND 1958 AND 2002.
Companies House
Company number RC000469 · Active
Contact on the register
02037274300 · info@royalcwsociety.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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