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Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -4
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

THE ROYAL COLLECTION TRUST

To ensure the Royal Collection is subject to proper custodial control and is conserved to the highest possible standards.To ensure the Royal Collection can be seen by as many people as possible.To broaden access through the publication of books and exhibition catalogues and development of the on-line gallery.To make appropriate acquisitions when resources become available.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£84,343£72,158£12,185£23,266£43,446£42,9317.19234
31/03/23£61,894£53,930£7,964£19,564£31,661£31,0996.98377
31/03/22£24,043£39,053£-15,010£10,964£25,698£24,9837.76934
31/03/21£6,877£43,191£-36,314£8,572£37,707£36,66310.27594
31/03/20?£71,527£67,928£3,599£17,730£74,222£72,76712.99954
31/03/18£62,220£57,706£4,514£15,649£61,047£59,12712.39200
31/03/17£61,995£55,932£6,063£15,789£55,533£54,76911.87310
31/03/16£52,085£50,084£2,001£13,654£49,670£49,12311.89100
31/03/15£48,846£45,770£3,076£12,795£47,398£46,75612.36370
31/03/14£54,991£46,664£8,327£13,956£45,722£45,31111.76080
31/03/13£50,818£41,802£9,016£13,361£38,895£38,479115820
31/03/12£50,272£39,835£10,437£12,633£29,979£29,5508.95670
31/03/11£41,785£34,363£7,422£9,962£20,742£20,3007.15110
31/03/10£34,421£32,513£1,908£9,222£12,820£12,3394.65010
31/03/09£24,340£23,622£718£9,028£10,112£9,6154.94760
31/03/08£23,807£22,535£1,272£8,283£11,810£11,29464540
31/03/07£23,676£21,302£2,374£8,012£8,990£8,4324.74360
31/03/06£18,315£18,850£-535n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£17,118£17,238£-120n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£3,783£4,471£-688n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 40.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 32.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £140,000-£150,000
Liabilities/Assets: 28%
Liabilities/Income: 19%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 7.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 32 years

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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation - Grant to Royal Collection Trust
£2,000 19/11/2021
Travel support for Kazumi Murose to travel to London to record a film demonstrating how urushi lacquer is applied and decorated, and to contribute to the Royal Collection Trust’s Learning Programme for Japan: Courts and Culture which will run at ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Royal Collection Trust
£120,000 25/07/2018
24
Towards a learning programme to enhance and increase the impact of nationwide exhibitions of drawings by Leonardo da Vinci.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to The Royal Collection Trust
£30,000 04/12/2017
Windsor Castle learning centre

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
  • DR ANNA JULIA KEAY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director Of The Landmark Trust
  • DR TONYA NELSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director
  • MARC JAN BOLLAND Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Trustee
  • MONISHA SHAH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director
  • SIR MICHAEL JOHN STEVENS KCVO FCA Appointed: 2018
  • SIR BRIAN IVORY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Chairman
  • SIR NICHOLAS BACON BT KCVO Appointed: 2024
  • THE HON SIR JAMES LEIGH-PEMBERTON CVO Appointed: 2016
  • THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD RICHARD BENYON OF ENGLEFIELD Appointed: 2024
  • THE RT. HON. SIR CLIVE ALDERTON KCVO Appointed: 2022
  • VICE ADMIRAL CHARLES ANTHONY JOHNSTONE-BURT CB OBE DL Appointed: 2017
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/02/1993, number: 1016972
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/05/1992, number: 02713536
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

YORK HOUSE
ST. JAMES'S PALACE
LONDON
SW1A 1BQ

Objectives

1.FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION (A) TO ADMINISTER, CONSERVE, RENOVATE, REPAIR, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVISE ON THE ROYAL COLLECTION, THE ROYAL ARCHIVES AND THE ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION WHICH PASS IN RIGHT OF THE CROWN; AND (B) TO EDUCATE AND INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT SUCH COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES BY EXHIBITION, BY PREPARATION OF CATALOGUES AND INVENTORIES, BY RESEARCH AND BY PUBLICATION AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS ARE APPROPRIATE; 2. SUCH OTHER PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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