The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours

Registered charity 258348 Registered since 1969

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.

1.6y median 0y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

Portfolio (1)

2
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 14Education/training 14

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 2

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£262k 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.royalwatercoloursociety.co.uk
Emailinfo@banksidegallery.com
Phone02079287521
AddressROYAL WATERCOLOUR SOCIETY, 48 HOPTON STREET, LONDON, SE1 9JH

Finances

£261,534 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£200,295£118,114
2021£228,316£137,830
2022£413,009£178,591
2023£187,925£267,447
2024£261,534£296,681

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC TASTE IN ART BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF WATERCOLOUR PAINTING

Governing document: LAWS AS AMENDED 20TH JANUARY 1958

Trustees (14)

14trustees
74median age
2aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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