RSA (THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES AND COMMERCE)

Registered charity 212424 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as R S A, ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS, THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS (THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES AND COMMERCE)

Latest income

£12.6m

Latest spending

£13.6m

Registered

1963

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

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

Total income

£12.6m

Total spending

£13.6m

Cost of raising funds

£5.5m

Reserves (reported)

£8.3m

Employees

101

Reported reserves equal ~7.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (07/04/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (04/02/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (04/02/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (04/02/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (04/02/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (04/02/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

Dame Alison Carnwath
David D'Souza
Dinah Casson
Dr HOSEIN KHAJEH-HOSSEINY · trustee of 3 other charities
Fraser Hardie · trustee of 1 other charity
Ian Ailles · trustee of 2 other charities
Loyd Grossman CBE · trustee of 1 other charity
Michael Davis · trustee of 1 other charity
Sam Lewis
Sandra Boss
Shaifali Puri

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

Operates in: Australia · Canada · New Zealand · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£12.6m	£13.6m
31/03/2024	£12.5m	£13.2m
31/03/2023	£12.9m	£12.8m
31/03/2022	£10.4m	£11.3m
31/03/2021	£8.4m	£10.0m

Common questions

Who funds RSA (THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES AND COMMERCE)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RSA (THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES AND COMMERCE) as a grant recipient include THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MARKETING CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MARKETING CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£89k
THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MARKETING CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£28k

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	24/06/1997	£657k	"RSA Archive Project"