Registered charity · London
Royal Academy of Music
- 17 trustees
- Income £33m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Alexis Alexander FfrenchTrustee · since 2022
- Andrew Hamish ForsythTrustee · since 2023
- Dame Sarah Elizabeth Healey DCB CVOTrustee · since 2025
- Damian WisniewskiTrustee · since 2016
- Dinah RoseTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Christopher Philip Robert WhiteTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Cydonie BantingTrustee · since 2025
- Duchess Antonia Wellington OBETrustee · since 2019
- Gabriel Alves Candido da SilvaTrustee · since 2025
- Ina DeTrustee · since 2022
- John BurgessTrustee
- Lord BlackwellTrustee · since 2017
- Peter HeskethTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Jonathan Freeman-AttwoodTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Sir Wayne McgregorTrustee · since 2025
- Sir Simon Christopher Townsend RobeyTrustee · since 2024
- William Michael Jefferies DE WintonTrustee · since 2016
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
- Website
- ram.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Royal Academy of Music
- Registered
- 1973
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£33m£32m
- 2024£34m£30m
- 2023£33m£29m
Earlier years
- 2022£33m£26m
- 2021£30m£25m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 17%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CULTIVATION OF THE SCIENCE OF MUSIC AND TO AFFORD FACILITIES FOR ATTAINING PERFECTION IN IT BY ASSISTING WITH GENERAL INSTRUCTION ALL PERSONS DESIROUS OF ACQUIRING A KNOWLEDGE THEREOF.
Grants received
19 grants · £2,398,940 total360Giving 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
- Gatsby Charitable Foundation · £1,550,000 (3 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £300,000
- Rothschild Foundation · £280,000 (3 grants)
- Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation · £143,740 (8 grants)
- CHK Foundation · £80,000 (3 grants)
Most recent
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.
17 trustees on the board
- Alexis Alexander Ffrench since 2022
- Andrew Hamish Forsyth since 2023
- Damian Wisniewski since 2016
- Dame Sarah Elizabeth Healey DCB CVO since 2025
- Dinah Rose since 2024
- Dr Christopher Philip Robert White since 2024
- Dr Cydonie Banting since 2025
- Duchess Antonia Wellington OBE since 2019
- Gabriel Alves Candido da Silva since 2025
- Ina De since 2022
- John Burgess
- Lord Blackwell since 2017
- Peter Hesketh since 2024
- Professor Jonathan Freeman-Attwood since 2024
- Professor Sir Wayne Mcgregor since 2025
- Sir Simon Christopher Townsend Robey since 2024
- William Michael Jefferies DE Winton since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Damian Wisniewski since 2016
- Duchess Antonia Wellington OBE since 2019
- Lord Blackwell since 2017
- William Michael Jefferies DE Winton since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Alexis Alexander Ffrench since 2022
- Damian Wisniewski since 2016
- Dame Sarah Elizabeth Healey DCB CVO since 2025
- Dr Cydonie Banting since 2025
- Duchess Antonia Wellington OBE since 2019
- Gabriel Alves Candido da Silva since 2025
- John Burgess
- Lord Blackwell since 2017
- Professor Jonathan Freeman-Attwood since 2024
Portfolio (8)
- Andrew Hamish Forsyth since 2023
- Dinah Rose since 2024
- Dr Christopher Philip Robert White since 2024
- Ina De since 2022
- Peter Hesketh since 2024
- Professor Sir Wayne Mcgregor since 2025
- Sir Simon Christopher Townsend Robey since 2024
- William Michael Jefferies DE Winton since 2016
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
5.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 310007
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- ROYAL CHARTER LETTERS PATENT OF 23 JUNE 1830 AND SCHEME OF 27 DECEMBER 1990 AND AMENDED 20 JULY 1998
- Companies House
- Company number RC000438 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02078737309 · Financeteam@ram.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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