ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851 — grant history

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Latest income
£1.7m
Grants listed (FY2025)
20
Listed grants total
£1.1m
Accounts grants total
£6.2m

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

Summarised from www.royalcommission1851.org.uk on 13/08/2026. Always check the funder’s site before applying.

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded
Where grantees operate
  • Scotland (14 grantees)
  • Throughout England And Wales (13 grantees)
  • Northern Ireland (10 grantees)
  • Throughout London (3 grantees)
  • China (2 grantees)
  • United States (2 grantees)
  • Throughout England (2 grantees)
  • Brazil (2 grantees)
  • Tanzania (2 grantees)
  • India (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings we have read. A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

ChangeGranteeFY2024FY2025
newTHE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING—£175k
newNatural History Museum—£150k
newBAKER DEARING EDUCATIONAL TRUST—£65k
newWE THE CURIOUS LIMITED—£53k
newTHE CORPORATION OF THE HALL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES—£50k
newSmallpeice Trust—£15k
newInspiration Trust—£15k
newTHE ASSOCIATION FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION—£14k
upEXHIBITION ROAD CULTURAL GROUP£90k£364k
upTHE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC£2k£110k
upFOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY£2k£10k
not listedRoyal College of Art£250k—
not listedSTEM Learning£100k—
not listedRoyal Museums Greenwich£71k—
not listedTHE INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS£53k—
not listedRoyal Institution£50k—
not listedNATIONAL SPACE CENTRE£50k—
not listedDurham University£15k—
not listedFun Kids Radio£10k—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Exhibition Road Cultural GroupFY2025£364kSouthKenZEN+ Project work
Royal Academy of EngineeringFY2025£175kApprenticeship development awards
Natural History MuseumFY2025£150kChildren's gallery
Royal College of MusicFY2025£110kMSc studentship in performance science
Baker Dearing Educational TrustFY2025£65kDeveloping engineering teaching talent
We The CuriousFY2025£53kCurious collaborations
Royal Albert HallFY2025£50kAssociate scientist
Smallpeice TrustFY2025£15kSTEM discovery sessions in Coventry libraries
Inspiration TrustFY2025£15kBig DScT Meet
Association for Science EducationFY2025£14kBuilding mathematical confidence in science teachers
Physics PartnersFY2025£14kManchester physics programme
Big IdeasFY2025£12kBlack heroes of mathematics
University of HullFY2025£11kColliderfest 2026
Foundation for Science and TechnologyFY2025£10kEvent sponsorship
Humanitarian Technology TrustFY2025£10kOpenFlexure microscope
Sensor Coating SystemsFY2025£5kLab experience day
Foundation for Science and TechnologyFY2025£5kFuture Leaders Conference
Kids Invent StuffFY2025£5kGuinness World Records bid
Big IdeasFY2025£5kLondon Wonder
All Party Parliamentary Engineering GroupFY2025£5kEvent sponsorship
Royal College of ArtFY2024£250kMain entrance
STEM LearningFY2024£100kBespoke training for primary STEM teachers
Exhibition Road Cultural GroupFY2024£90kSouthKenZEN+ Project work
Royal Museums GreenwichFY2024£71kFirst Light gallery
Exhibition Road Cultural GroupFY2024£70kSouthKenZEN+ Heat network
Institute of PhysicsFY2024£53kMimi’s Tiny Adventure
Royal InstitutionFY2024£50kScience in Schools
National Space CentreFY2024£50kOuter Solar System gallery
Durham UniversityFY2024£15kCelebrate Science 2024
Big IdeasFY2024£14kLondon Wonder
Fun Kids RadioFY2024£10kWar time inventions
Kids Invent StuffFY2024£9kExhibition / Inventors Club
Number ChampionsFY2024£7kNumeracy in primary schools
Somerscience TrustFY2024£3kSomerscience Festival 2024
British Science AssociationFY2024£3kPrimary kit boxes
Foundation for Science and TechnologyFY2024£2kFuture Leaders Conference / Debate sponsorship
Imperial College Union Design Engineering SocietyFY2024£2kHackathon
Royal College of MusicFY2024£2kColin Lawson Fund
Royal Horticultural SocietyFY2023£500kPlants for purpose
Exhibition Road Cultural GroupFY2023£350kArt installation on Exhibition Road
Exhibition Road Cultural GroupFY2023£300kSouthKenZen+
Well North EnterprisesFY2023£260kSTEM development in Rotherham and Liverpool
Imperial College LondonFY2023£200kGreat Exhibition Road Festivals 2025 and 2026
Science Museum GroupFY2023£100kPower Hall refurbishment
British Science AssociationFY2023£84kPrimary kit boxes
Royal Designers for IndustryFY2023£75kSummer Schools
Primary EngineerFY2023£45kPrimary Engineer Curriculum
Natural History MuseumFY2023£30k1851 Garden
Royal College of ArtFY2023£25kOpen resource for purposeful design
Smallpeice TrustFY2023£23kArkwright Scholarships / General Engineering course
British School at RomeFY2023£20kSummer School placements
Education and Training FoundationFY2023£15kTechnical Teaching Fellowships
EDT-Routes into STEMFY2023£15k
Oxford University Development TrustFY2023£15kOXbOXes
University of HullFY2023£11kHumber Science Festival
Royal Botanic Gardens KewFY2023£10kGrow Wild
Royal Society of SculptorsFY2023£10kFlorilegium at Great Exhibition Road Festival 2023
Kids Invent StuffFY2023£10kInventors Club
All Party Parliamentary Engineering GroupFY2023£10kMeeting sponsorship
WoMarsFY2023£10kSTEM outreach
Foundation for Science and TechnologyFY2023£10kDebate sponsorship
Geological SocietyFY2023£6kMegalosaurus Month
MadeHereNowFY2023£2kWebsite development
Somerscience TrustFY2023£1kSomerscience Festival
J Mallinson and E TownsendFY2023£750STEM materials
GLambFY2023£500STEM outreach
Natural History MuseumFY2022£500k1851 Garden
Exhibition Road Cultural GroupFY2022£350kSouthKenZen+
Royal Horticultural SocietyFY2022£300kPlants for purpose
Royal Designers for IndustryFY2022£93kSummer schools
Well North EnterprisesFY2022£75kSTEM development in Rotherham and Liverpool
Exhibition Road Cultural GroupFY2022£25kArt installation on Exhibition Road
Somerscience TrustFY2022£15kSomerscience Festival
Royal College of ArtFY2022£15kOpen resource for purposeful design
EDTFY2022£14kRoutes into STEM: Industrial Cadets silver-level pilot
Smallpeice TrustFY2022£10kGeneral engineering course
MadeHereNowFY2022£2kWebsite sponsorship
WoMarsFY2022£1kSTEM outreach
Individuals (Research Fellowships)FY2021£1.5mResearch Fellowships
Individuals (Industrial Fellowships)FY2021£1.2mIndustrial Fellowships
Individuals (Industrial Design Studentships)FY2021£467kIndustrial Design Studentships
Individuals (Enterprise Fellowships)FY2021£313kEnterprise Fellowships
Royal Geographical SocietyFY2021£155kUpgrading 1 Kensington Gore
Education and Training FoundationFY2021£113kTechnical Teaching Fellowships
Individuals (Built Environment Fellowship)FY2021£100kBuilt Environment Fellowship
Exhibition Road Culture GroupFY2021£30kSouth Kensington Green Trail / Covid Culture Shock event
Individuals (Sir Misha Black Awards Bursaries)FY2021£20kSir Misha Black Awards Bursaries
National Literacy TrustFY2021£19kLinking literacy and STEM careers
Wellington TrustFY2021£15kFuture maritime engineers
Royal Society of ChemistryFY2021£15kSteps into Science
STEM LearningFY2021£15kInvolving 1851 Fellows in primary STEM outreach
Royal College of ArtFY2021£14kThe empathetic engineer
EDTFY2021£10kVirtual STEM work experience
In2ScienceUKFY2021£8kEngineering research module / Alumni programme
All Party Parliamentary Engineering GroupFY2021£5kMeeting sponsorship
Kids Invent StuffFY2021£5kMini YouTube STEM musical

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 1092503 vs reference 6200057 (82.4% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder and want a correction, contact us.