ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851

Registered charity 206123 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q7374001 · Wikipedia · also known as 1851 ROYAL COMMISSION

Awarding Research Fellowships, Industrial Fellowships, Industrial Design Studentships, Fellowships in Design and the Built Environment, Enterprise Fellowships, Technical Teaching Fellowships and Special Awards and administering its South Kensington estate all with the aim to increase the means of industrial education and extend the influence of science and art upon productive industry.

Objects

TO INCREASE THE MEANS OF INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION AND TO EXTEND THE INFLUENCE OF SCIENCE AND ART UPON PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRY.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £173,937,869, supported by investment income and capital gains. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern, citing sufficient assets and liquidity to manage current market disruptions. Expenditure on charitable activities rose to £6,200,057, while costs for raising funds decreased to £460,915.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 27.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rt Hon Professor Lord Ajay Kumar Kakkarchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dame Alison Nimmo · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Andy Hopper CBE FRS FREng FIET
• Professor Christopher Mark Wise RDI FREng
• Professor Dame Ann Dowling · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Dame Sarah Marcella Springman DBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Eleanor Stride OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Jameel 'Jim' Sadik Al-Khalili CBE
• Professor Sadie Anna Morgan OBE
• Sandra Robertson · trustee of 2 other charities
• The Rt Hon Lord Ian Burnett of Maldon · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Common questions

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