ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY (WITH THE INSTITUTE OF BRITISH GEOGRAPHERS) — grant history

Registered charity 208791 · filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£6.1m
Grants listed (FY2024)
91
Listed grants total
£640k
Accounts grants total
£319k

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2024 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

Summarised from www.rgs.org · www.rgs.org/exploration/grants/teaching-grants/ · www.rgs.org/exploration/grants/ on 13/08/2026. Always check the funder’s site before applying.

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Charities that name this funder on their own websites (website claims, separate from the accounts-extracted grants below).

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
  • Education/training (3 grantees)
  • Amateur Sport (1 grantee)
  • Environment/conservation/heritage (1 grantee)
  • General Charitable Purposes (1 grantee)
  • Recreation (1 grantee)
Where grantees operate
  • Ceredigion (1 grantee)
  • Reading (1 grantee)
  • Scotland (1 grantee)
  • Throughout England And Wales (1 grantee)
  • Windsor And Maidenhead (1 grantee)

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Edinburgh TrustFY2024£132kGrants and awards programme
Esmond Bradley Martin Royal Geographical Society Prize FundFY2024£77kGrants and awards programme
Geographical ClubFY2024£29kGrants and awards programme
University of Central LancashireFY2024£25kGrants and awards payable
King’s College LondonFY2024£24kGrants and awards payable
Pedmore High SchoolFY2024£21kGrants and awards payable
Fredrick Soddy Award FundFY2024£19kGrants and awards programme
University of EdinburghFY2024£18kGrants and awards payable
University of CambridgeFY2024£18kGrants and awards payable
Ormiston Bolingbroke AcademyFY2024£15kGrants and awards payable
Oxford Brookes UniversityFY2024£15kGrants and awards payable
Liverpool John Moores UniversityFY2024£13kGrants and awards payable
British Antarctic SurveyFY2024£13kGrants and awards payable
University College LondonFY2024£11kGrants and awards payable
University of SussexFY2024£11kGrants and awards payable
Northumbria UniversityFY2024£10kGrants and awards payable
Rob Potter AwardFY2024£9kGrants and awards programme
Mill Hill SchoolFY2024£9kGrants and awards payable
University of AberdeenFY2024£9kGrants and awards payable
Hong Kong branch of RGS-IBGFY2024£8kGrants and awards programme
Queen’s University BelfastFY2024£8kGrants and awards payable
University of TübingenFY2024£8kGrants and awards payable
HR MillFY2024£8kGrants and awards programme
Neville Shulman CBEFY2024£6kGrants and awards programme
SUN Institute formally Deutsche PostFY2024£6kGrants and awards programme
Royal Holloway University of LondonFY2024£6kGrants and awards payable
University of SouthamptonFY2024£5kGrants and awards payable
Ray Y Gildea Jr AwardFY2024£5kGrants and awards programme
University of SheffieldFY2024£5kGrants and awards payable
University of ManchesterFY2024£5kGrants and awards payable
RGS-IBG SRG Research Endowment FundsFY2024£5kGrants and awards programme
Albert Reckitt Award TrustFY2024£5kGrants and awards programme
Alexander AwardsFY2024£5kGrants and awards programme
University of OxfordFY2024£5kGrants and awards payable
Neil Thomas Proto AwardFY2024£4kGrants and awards programme
University of YorkFY2024£4kGrants and awards payable
Lancaster UniversityFY2024£4kGrants and awards payable
Society research group supportFY2024£4kGrants and awards programme
University of LeedsFY2024£4kGrants and awards payable
Reading Blue Coat SchoolFY2024£4kGrants and awards payable
20th International Geographical CongressFY2024£4kGrants and awards programme
RGS-IBG from General FundFY2024£3kGrants and awards programme
Pachyderm JournalFY2024£3kGrants and awards payable
Monica Cole BequestFY2024£3kGrants and awards programme
Barrhead High SchoolFY2024£3kGrants and awards payable
Henrietta Hutton Memorial FundFY2024£2kGrants and awards programme
John PilkingtonFY2024£2kGrants and awards programme
Bolder AcademyFY2024£2kGrants and awards payable
York St John UniversityFY2024£2kGrants and awards payable
Paul and Mary SlawsonFY2024£2kGrants and awards programme
University of ReadingFY2024£2kGrants and awards payable
Dorothy Hepworth AwardFY2024£2kGrants and awards programme
University of LeicesterFY2024£2kGrants and awards payable
Eton CollegeFY2024£1kGrants and awards payable
Thesiger-Oman International Research FellowshipsFY2024£1kGrants and awards programme
Bath UniversityFY2024£1kGrants and awards payable
University of St AndrewsFY2024£1kGrants and awards payable
University of BristolFY2024£1kGrants and awards payable
Queen Mary University of LondonFY2024£1kGrants and awards payable
Ohio State UniversityFY2024£1kGrants and awards payable
University of PlymouthFY2024£1kGrants and awards payable
Coventry UniversityFY2024£1kGrants and awards payable
Lincoln UniversityFY2024£1kGrants and awards payable
Dudley Stamp Memorial FundFY2024£1kGrants and awards programme
Peter Smith Memorial FundFY2024£1kGrants and awards programme
Gumby AwardFY2024£1kGrants and awards programme
Walters Kundert Charitable TrustFY2024£1kGrants and awards programme
Jasmin Leila AwardFY2024£1kGrants and awards programme
Jeremy Willson AwardFY2024£1kGrants and awards programme
Ralph Brown Memorial FundFY2024£1kGrants and awards programme
Postgraduate Grants Appeal FundFY2024£1kGrants and awards programme
Pachyderm Journal FundFY2024£750Grants and awards programme
London School of EconomicsFY2024£600Grants and awards payable
Ferndown Middle SchoolFY2024£600Grants and awards payable
Durham UniversityFY2024£515Grants and awards payable
University of BrightonFY2024£500Grants and awards payable
Leopold Primary SchoolFY2024£500Grants and awards payable
Newcastle UniversityFY2024£500Grants and awards payable
Ardnamurchan High SchoolFY2024£325Grants and awards payable
Birkbeck, University of LondonFY2024£325Grants and awards payable
Hillhead Primary SchoolFY2024£0Grants and awards payable
Glasgow Caledonian UniversityFY2024£0Grants and awards payable
High Ongar Primary SchoolFY2024£0Grants and awards payable
Highgate Wood SchoolFY2024£0Grants and awards payable
Holy Family Catholic School and Sixth FormFY2024£0Grants and awards payable
Islington Arts and Media SchoolFY2024£0Grants and awards payable
LSEFY2024£0Grants and awards payable
Sheffield Hallam UniversityFY2024£0Grants and awards payable
University of ExeterFY2024£0Grants and awards payable
University of HullFY2024£0Grants and awards payable
University of SalfordFY2024£0Grants and awards payable
University of LeicesterFY2023£172kInstitutional grant
University of SheffieldFY2023£168kInstitutional grant
Esmond B. Martin Royal Geographical Society Prize FundFY2023£77kInstitutional grant
Frederick Soddy Award FundFY2023£29kInstitutional grant
Imperial CollegeFY2023£21kInstitutional grant
Geographical ClubFY2023£19kInstitutional grant
University of BirminghamFY2023£18kInstitutional grant
University of the West of EnglandFY2023£17kInstitutional grant
Five Islands AcademyFY2023£15kInstitutional grant
Highgate Wood SchoolFY2023£15kInstitutional grant
University of YorkFY2023£13kInstitutional grant
University of OxfordFY2023£13kInstitutional grant
University of St AndrewsFY2023£13kInstitutional grant
Sheffield Hallam UniversityFY2023£11kInstitutional grant
University of GlasgowFY2023£11kInstitutional grant
Barrhead High SchoolFY2023£10kInstitutional grant
University of ManchesterFY2023£9kInstitutional grant
University College LondonFY2023£9kInstitutional grant
Leopold Primary SchoolFY2023£8kInstitutional grant
University of HertfordshireFY2023£8kInstitutional grant
Hong Kong branchFY2023£8kInstitutional grant
Albert Reckitt AwardFY2023£7kInstitutional grant
Monica Cole BequestFY2023£6kInstitutional grant
SUN Institute Environment & SustainabilityFY2023£6kInstitutional grant
Peter Smith AwardFY2023£6kInstitutional grant
University of ExeterFY2023£5kInstitutional grant
Rob Potter AwardFY2023£5kInstitutional grant
Shara Dillon AwardFY2023£5kInstitutional grant
Paul and Mary SlawsonFY2023£5kInstitutional grant
Postgraduate Grants Appeal FundFY2023£5kInstitutional grant
British Antarctic SurveyFY2023£5kInstitutional grant
Ray Y Gildea Jr AwardFY2023£5kInstitutional grant
University of SussexFY2023£4kInstitutional grant
University of LeedsFY2023£4kInstitutional grant
University of PlymouthFY2023£4kInstitutional grant
Henrietta Hutton Memorial FundFY2023£4kInstitutional grant
Walters Kundert Charitable TrustFY2023£4kInstitutional grant
Lincoln UniversityFY2023£4kInstitutional grant
Dudley Stamp Memorial Award FundFY2023£3kInstitutional grant
Reading Blue Coat SchoolFY2023£3kInstitutional grant
H.R. Mill Trust FundFY2023£3kInstitutional grant
Queen’s University BelfastFY2023£3kInstitutional grant
Northumbria UniversityFY2023£3kInstitutional grant
Hillhead Primary SchoolFY2023£3kInstitutional grant
Alexander AwardsFY2023£3kInstitutional grant
John PilkingtonFY2023£3kInstitutional grant
Marjorie Sweeting BequestFY2023£3kInstitutional grant
Oxford Brookes UniversityFY2023£2kInstitutional grant
Neville Shulman, CBEFY2023£2kInstitutional grant
GoldsmithsFY2023£2kInstitutional grant
Gumby FoundationFY2023£2kInstitutional grant
Edinburgh TrustFY2023£2kInstitutional grant
University of TübingenFY2023£2kInstitutional grant
University of CambridgeFY2023£2kInstitutional grant
Neil Thomas ProtoFY2023£2kInstitutional grant
Dorothy Hepworth Expedition AwardFY2023£2kInstitutional grant
Thesiger-Oman International FellowshipFY2023£1kInstitutional grant
Royal Holloway, University of LondonFY2023£1kInstitutional grant
Ohio State UniversityFY2023£1kInstitutional grant
University of EdinburghFY2023£1kInstitutional grant
LSEFY2023£1kInstitutional grant
Liverpool John Moores UniversityFY2023£1kInstitutional grant
Kingston UniversityFY2023£1kInstitutional grant
University of SouthamptonFY2023£1kInstitutional grant
Jasmin Leila AwardFY2023£1kInstitutional grant
Jeremy Willson Charitable TrustFY2023£1kInstitutional grant
Pachyderm Journal FundFY2023£1kInstitutional grant
Ralph Brown Memorial FundFY2023£1kInstitutional grant
RGS-IBG SRG Research Endowment FundsFY2023£1kInstitutional grant
Victoria Primary SchoolFY2023£960Institutional grant
Aberystwyth UniversityFY2023£600Institutional grant
Newcastle UniversityFY2023£600Institutional grant
Durham UniversityFY2023£600Institutional grant
Elliott Hudson CollegeFY2023£600Institutional grant
Coventry UniversityFY2023£600Institutional grant
University of ReadingFY2023£540Institutional grant
Queen Mary University of LondonFY2023£500Institutional grant
Blenheim High SchoolFY2023£500Institutional grant
University of NottinghamFY2023£500Institutional grant
University of AberdeenFY2023£500Institutional grant
University of BristolFY2023£-14kInstitutional grant
Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of LondonFY2021£15kResearch
Department of Geography and International Development, University of ChesterFY2021£15kResearch
The University of Texas at DallasFY2021£13kResearch
Environment and Agrifood, Cranfield UniversityFY2021£13kResearch
School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of GlasgowFY2021£11kResearch
Department of Geography and Planning, University of LiverpoolFY2021£10kResearch
Department of Geography and Environment, LSEFY2021£6kResearch
School of Geography, University of NottinghamFY2021£5kResearch
Geography and Environmental Science, University of SouthamptonFY2021£4kResearch
School of Geography, University of LeedsFY2021£4kResearch
School of Environment, Education and Development, The University of ManchesterFY2021£3kResearch
University of CambridgeFY2021£3kResearch
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of PlymouthFY2021£3kResearch
Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth UniversityFY2021£3kResearch
School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, University of LeicesterFY2021£2kResearch
School of Geography & Sustainable Development, University of St AndrewsFY2021£2kResearch
Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of ReadingFY2021£2kResearch
College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of ExeterFY2021£2kResearch
School of Geography, Earth and Environment Sciences, University of BirminghamFY2021£2kResearch
Department of Geography, Birkbeck, University of LondonFY2021£2kResearch
School of Geographical Sciences, University of BristolFY2021£2kResearch
Department of Geography, University College LondonFY2021£2kResearch
School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle UniversityFY2021£2kResearch
Department of Geography, University of SussexFY2021£1kResearch
School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, Keele UniversityFY2021£1kResearch
Department of Geography, Durham UniversityFY2021£1kResearch
School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Ulster UniversityFY2021£933Research
Coventry UniversityFY2021£500Research
School of GeoSciences, The University of EdinburghFY2021£500Research
School of Geography and the Environment, University of OxfordFY2021£415Research
University of PortsmouthFY2021£0Research
University of HuddersfieldFY2021£0Research
University of StirlingFY2021£0Research
Loughborough UniversityFY2021£-319Research

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 640125 vs reference 319386 (100.4% 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.