ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 306096 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects for which the Society is hereby constituted ("the Objects") are for the benefit of the pubic: the advancement of the science of statistics and its applications, and the promotion of the appropriate use and awareness of statistics.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operational deficit of £643k for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by a significant halving of publications income. However, the trustees note that this was a deliberate choice to invest in future growth, and the charity maintains free reserves of £2.53m, which exceeds its policy target range of £1.5m to £2.0m.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Reported reserves equal ~10.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (87% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Professor Sir John Astonchair
• Amanda Penistone
• Christine Anne Fletcher
• Clare Elizabeth Griffiths
• David Caplan
• David John Smallbone
• Dr Adam Sykulski
• Dr Altea Lorenzo-Arribas
• Dr Ayse Ulgen
• Dr Darren Lawrence Dahly
• Dr Edith Milanzi
• Dr Emily Granger
• Dr Katharine Rosemary Land
• Dr Lisa McFetridge
• Dr Louisa Nolan
• Dr Lucy Teece
• Dr Omar Rivasplata
• Dr Phillippa Maria Payne
• Dr Rhiannon Edge
• Kevin Barnes
• Omar McCarthy
• Patricia Dodd
• Professor Christopher John Brignell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Christopher Nemeth
• Professor Clare Morris
• Professor Donald Simeon
• Professor Guy Philip Nason
• Professor Neil Spencer
• Professor Richard Samworth
• Professor Thomas Brendan Murphy
• Scott Howatson Heald
• Simon Asplen-Taylor
• Srshti Putcha
• Theodore Kypraios
• Timandra Harkness

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

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

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY.

• ROYAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY income £1.7m
• THE ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN income £1.7m
• THE ROYAL ECONOMIC SOCIETY income £2.4m
• THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN income £9.8m
• ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND income £1.9m
• OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY LIMITED income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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