THE ROYAL TOWN PLANNING INSTITUTE

Registered charity 262865 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RTPI · also registered in Scotland as SC037841 (OSCR)

The object of the Chartered Institute, as incorporated in the Supplemental Charter 2003, is to advance the science and art of planning (town and country and spatial planning) for the benefit of the public.Key objectives during the year have been the promotion of spatial planning and membership of the Institute, support for members and Planning Aid.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £385k for the year, driven by increased expenditure on unrestricted funds that offset reduced restricted project spending. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm that the general reserve of £4.5 million remains within the stated policy target of £3.51 million to £4.51 million, and cash flow is described as strong with no immediate concerns for the next 12 to 18 months.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2023) to "within" (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Royal Town Planning Institute chief Hills to move on transportxtra.com · 30/07/2025
• Crawley Borough Council named South East Planning Authority of the Year by Royal Town Planning Institute sussexexpress.co.uk · 04/07/2025
• Aberdeenshire Council recognised at Royal Town Planning Institute awards grampianonline.co.uk · 26/06/2024
• Royal Town Planning Institute President visits world’s first Planning school news.liverpool.ac.uk · 23/03/2022
• The Royal Town Planning Institute responds to initial Levelling Up White Paper briefing bdcmagazine.com · 31/01/2022
• The Newt won a category at the Royal Town Planning Institute's Excellence in Planning Awards 2020 wincantonwindow.co.uk · 12/05/2020

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/11/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aidan Culhane
• Alan David Brown
• Andrew Taylor
• Catherine McKinney
• Ellen Claire Cass
• Jacek Zygmunt GLONEK
• Janet Simpson
• Maria Louise Dunn
• Nicola Linihan
• Professor Nicholas Gallent
• Richard Max
• Simeon Shtebunaev
• Thomas Venables

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ASSOCIATION.

• TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ASSOCIATION income £2.2m
• THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN income £9.8m
• ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS income £30.7m
• THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF BUILDING income £15.4m
• THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY income £5.0m
• THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF ARBITRATORS income £9.7m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.