ROYAL WEST OF ENGLAND ACADEMY

Registered charity 1070163 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RWA

Latest income

£2.2m

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

1998

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£2.2m

Total spending

£1.2m

Cost of raising funds

£125k

Reserves (reported)

£328k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Charlotte Price RWA
George Robin Paget Ferguson CBE · trustee of 1 other charity
Hamish Richard Stuart Young
James Douglas Russell · trustee of 1 other charity
John Rowland Vasey
Michael Perry
Miranda Louise Harris
Mohamed Osman Mohammed Taha
Raymond John Brown

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.2m	£1.2m
31/03/2024	£1.1m	£1.1m
31/03/2023	£1.7m	£1.3m
31/03/2022	£3.1m	£553k
30/06/2021	£1.6m	£744k

Common questions

Who funds ROYAL WEST OF ENGLAND ACADEMY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ROYAL WEST OF ENGLAND ACADEMY as a grant recipient include THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST, THE NISBET TRUST, THE BOWERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE POPLE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE MERCHANT VENTURERS CHARITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£50k
THE NISBET TRUST	FY2023	£20k
THE BOWERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£10k
THE NISBET TRUST	FY2021	£7k
THE BOWERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£5k
THE BOWERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k
THE POPLE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£780
THE MERCHANT VENTURERS CHARITY	FY2022	£500
THE PORTISHEAD NAUTICAL TRUST	FY2023	£469

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	17/08/2020	£37k	"COVID19:Royal West of England Academy"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	12/06/2019	£1.8m	"Light and Inspiration: Transforming the RWA (Royal West of England Academy)"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	11/01/2017	£10k	"Putting the RWA in the Picture"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	11/05/2016	£36k	"Muse Your Imagination"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/09/2009	£350k	"Great Spaces Inspire"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	11/07/2005	£41k	"Royal West Of England Academy"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	04/11/2004	£3k	"This Group Promotes The Appreciation Of Art Through Exhibitions And Lectures. They Will Use Their Award To Obtain A Disability Audit, To Ens"