Registered charity · London
The Royal Philatelic Society, London
- 18 trustees
- Income £803k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Alan Gerald DruceTrustee · since 2021
- Antony John NewsonTrustee · since 2026
- David Alan WinnieTrustee · since 2025
- David Gwynne HarriesTrustee · since 2022
- Ian Parry GreigTrustee · since 2025
- Ian Sidney BalcombeTrustee · since 2026
- James Lawrence Grimwood-TaylorTrustee · since 2025
- John Arthur DaviesTrustee · since 2025
- John Monteagle StimsonTrustee · since 2021
- Lars JorgensenTrustee · since 2026
- Mark William BaileyTrustee · since 2015
- Michael Bernard HoffmanTrustee · since 2022
- Peter Francis CockburnTrustee · since 2014
- Simon David Martin-RedmanTrustee · since 2022
- Simon RichardsTrustee · since 2018
- Steven HarrisonTrustee · since 2019
- Susan Elizabeth TaylorTrustee · since 2025
- Suzanne Jill RaeTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- www.rpsl.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Royal Philatelic Society London
- Registered
- 1983
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£803k£936k
- 2024£748k£857k
- 2023£832k£939k
Earlier years
- 2022£962k£922k
- 2021£826k£794k
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY PROMOTING, ENCOURAGING, AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY AND PRACTICE OF PHILATELY IN ALL ITS BRANCHES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
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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
- Alan Gerald Druce since 2021
- Antony John Newson since 2026
- David Alan Winnie since 2025
- David Gwynne Harries since 2022
- Ian Parry Greig since 2025
- Ian Sidney Balcombe since 2026
- James Lawrence Grimwood-Taylor since 2025
- John Arthur Davies since 2025
- John Monteagle Stimson since 2021
- Lars Jorgensen since 2026
- Mark William Bailey since 2015
- Michael Bernard Hoffman since 2022
- Peter Francis Cockburn since 2014
- Simon David Martin-Redman since 2022
- Simon Richards since 2018
- Steven Harrison since 2019
- Susan Elizabeth Taylor since 2025
- Suzanne Jill Rae since 2023
3.8y median 3.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Mark William Bailey since 2015
- Peter Francis Cockburn since 2014
- Simon Richards since 2018
- Steven Harrison since 2019
14y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (15)
- Alan Gerald Druce since 2021
- Antony John Newson since 2026
- David Gwynne Harries since 2022
- Ian Parry Greig since 2025
- James Lawrence Grimwood-Taylor since 2025
- John Arthur Davies since 2025
- John Monteagle Stimson since 2021
- Lars Jorgensen since 2026
- Mark William Bailey since 2015
- Michael Bernard Hoffman since 2022
- Peter Francis Cockburn since 2014
- Simon David Martin-Redman since 2022
- Steven Harrison since 2019
- Susan Elizabeth Taylor since 2025
- Suzanne Jill Rae since 2023
Portfolio (3)
- David Alan Winnie since 2025
- Ian Sidney Balcombe since 2026
- Simon Richards since 2018
17
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 17General Charitable Purposes 2Amateur Sport 1Other Charitable Purposes 1Recreation 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 22Other services 8Professional services 7
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.
incomespending£748k latest income · spending exceeded income 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.
120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.4 in 2020
7 from 8 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
- 286840
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/03/1983AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/06/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/06/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/06/2012
- Companies House
- Company number 00092352 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 020 7935 7332 · secretary@rpsl.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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