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Registered charity · London

The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences

The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences is a registered charity (number 254543) based in London, governed by 22 trustees and chaired by James MAX since 2012. Latest income £72m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as The Royal Albert Hall (Charity Commission)

  • 22 trustees
  • Income £72m (2025)
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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
Where
City Of Westminster
Website
www.royalalberthall.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1967

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£72m£56m
  • 2024£61m£47m
  • 2023£54m£43m
Earlier years
  • 2022£43m£37m
  • 2021£24m£27m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ARTS AND SCIENCES IN THE MANNER SET OUT IN THE CHARTERS (SEE RECITALS (7) (8) AND (11E) OF THE ACT OF 1966)

Grants received

1 grant · £20,180,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £20,180,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £20,180,0001996-04-21
Board analysis

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.

6.1y median 5.5y
average tenure
18y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (17)

Portfolio (5)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 22Arts/culture/heritage/science 19Environment/conservation/heritage 18General Charitable Purposes 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Disability 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 6Other services 5Finance 4

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£60.5m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

0.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 0.0 in 2020

463 from 408 in 2020
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
254543
Status
Registered
Governing document
ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 08/04/1866AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 25/10/1887AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 07/12/1928AMENDED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT 27/06/1876AMENDED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT 29/07/1927AMENDED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT 22/06/1951AMENDED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT 03/08/1966
Contact on the register
020 7959 0505 · susang@royalalberthall.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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