The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Royal Television Society

Registered charity 313728 Registered since 1965

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Isle Of Man

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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.

12 trustees on the board

5.2y median 3y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

11
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 12Education/training 12

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

Tech and media 132Other services 22Professional services 19

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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£5.1m 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.

20.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 36.4 in 2020

22 from 16 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.

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.

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Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.rts.org.uk
Emailinfo@rts.org.uk
Phone02078222810
AddressRoyal Television Society, 3 Dorset Rise, LONDON, EC4Y 8EN

Finances

£5,130,618 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,586,492£2,482,662
2021£2,296,547£2,781,417
2022£4,241,710£3,656,783
2023£5,137,293£4,574,657
2024£5,130,618£5,022,651

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE PRACTICE, TECHNOLOGY, ART AND SCIENCE OF TELEVISION AND ALLIED FIELDS (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE, IN PARTICULAR BY PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING THE ACHIEVEMENT OF HIGH STANDARDS OF CREATIVITY IN TELEVISION AND ALLIED FIELDS

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 12 JULY 1930 AS ALTERED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 24 APRIL 1964, 9 DECEMBER 1966, 18 JANUARY 1968 , 12 FEBRUARY 1981,19 OCTOBER 1994, 4TH APRIL 1995, 23 MAY 2007 AND 27 MAY 2009.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24 MAY 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24 MAY 2016 as amended on 30 Jun 2020

Trustees (12)

12trustees
52median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Royal Television Society · 00249462 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 12/07/1930

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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