ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851

Registered charity 206123 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · 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.

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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.

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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 4.8 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 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rt Hon Professor Lord Ajay Kumar Kakkarchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dame Alison Nimmo DBE
• 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

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ALBERT DAWSON EDUCATIONAL TRUST.

• THE ALBERT DAWSON EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £119k
• STANLEY PICKER TRUST income £162k
• EXHIBITION ROAD CULTURAL GROUP income £453k
• ROYAL FEMALE SCHOOL OF ART FOUNDATION income £215k
• BINGLEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION CIO income £138k
• THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN income £9.8m

Side by side with its peers

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