ROYAL SOCIETY OF SCULPTORS

Registered charity 212513 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as R B S, ROYAL BRITISH SOCIETY OF SCULPTORS, ROYAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH SCULPTORS

Established over 100 years ago, the Society promotes excellence in the art and practice of sculpture. It aims to inspire, inform and engage everyone with sculpture and to support sculptors' development of their practice to the highest professional standards.

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Latest income

£923k

Latest spending

£316k

Registered

1963

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

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

Total income

£923k

Total spending

£316k

Reserves (reported)

£337k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~12.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (83% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (26/07/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (27/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Laura Fordchair
Andrea Geile
Anna Clare Gillespie
Barbara Beyer
Bill Price
Edwina Sassoon · trustee of 1 other charity
Eugene Nyee Macki
Gordon Watson · trustee of 1 other charity
Katherine Ashton
MarK Lowrie Burch
Maria Teresa Chadwick Irarrazaval
NICHOLAS HORNBY · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£923k	£316k
31/12/2024	£537k	£447k
31/12/2023	£410k	£408k
31/12/2022	£602k	£289k
31/12/2021	£652k	£314k

Common questions

Who funds ROYAL SOCIETY OF SCULPTORS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ROYAL SOCIETY OF SCULPTORS as a grant recipient include H M SASSOON CHARITABLE TRUST, GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION, THE PILGRIM TRUST, THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CHARITY LIMITED, ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
H M SASSOON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	£275k
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION	FY2024	£200k	Arts
H M SASSOON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£138k
THE PILGRIM TRUST	FY2025	£20k	Creation of a secure archive space for the Society’s archives at Dora House, London.
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CHARITY LIMITED	FY2022	£15k
ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851	FY2023	£10k	Florilegium at Great Exhibition Road Festival 2023
THE HENRY MOORE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£10k
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST	FY2023	£4k	Grant funding of activities
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION	FY2022	£1k
PAUL AND LOUISE COOKE ENDOWMENT	FY2022	£250	Dora House

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
City Bridge Foundation	20/12/2023	£68k	Grant to Royal Society of Sculptors
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	05/02/2020	£10k	"Opening the doors on Dora House's past through virtual reality"
City Bridge Foundation	03/05/2019	£2k	Grant to Royal Society of Sculptors
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	29/03/2019	£9k	"Cecil Thomas: Soldier Sculptor"