01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 8 January 1998
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 September 2024 – 31 August 2025
- Latest income
- £5,420,150
- Latest expenditure
- £2,908,405
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: BURLINGTON HOUSE, PICCADILLY, LONDON, W1J 0BD
Website recorded by the regulator: www.royalacademy.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The object of the Trust is the maintenance, development, advancement and preservation of the Royal Academy of Arts.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 29 June 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 29 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £5,420,150
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,908,405
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 8 May 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 8 May 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,518,840
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,080,869
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 26 June 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 26 June 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,481,853
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,854,408
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 4 May 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 4 May 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £2,070,366
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,202,538
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 11 March 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 11 March 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £951,032
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,259,256
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 29 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £5,420,150
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,908,405
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 8 May 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,518,840
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,080,869
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 26 June 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,481,853
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,854,408
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 4 May 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £2,070,366
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,202,538
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 11 March 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £951,032
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,259,256
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 29 June 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 3833420
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 200000
- Income Investments
- 1386730
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 5420150
- Income Legacies
- 3833420
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £134,874
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,773,531
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 2908405
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 2773531
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 1306704
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £11,893,579
- Assets Total Fixed
- 56125765
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 56125765
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £143,980
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £96,365
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £56,173,380
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 96365
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £100,910
- Funds Endowment
- 22007024
- Funds Unrestricted
- 18569686
- Funds Restricted
- 15596670
- Funds Total
- 56173380
- Count Employees
- 1
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 8 May 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 209691
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 1309149
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1518840
- Income Legacies
- 6849
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £203,785
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,877,084
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 2080869
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 110203
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 23159
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 2722014
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £10,331,247
- Assets Total Fixed
- 52165701
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 52165701
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £313,321
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £124,091
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £52,354,931
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 124091
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £276,755
- Funds Endowment
- 22139569
- Funds Unrestricted
- 16794913
- Funds Restricted
- 13420449
- Funds Total
- 52354931
- Count Employees
- 1
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 26 June 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 493172
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 988681
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1481853
- Income Legacies
- 425803
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £124,589
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £3,729,819
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 3854408
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 36373
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 19019
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- -550427
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £9,680,098
- Assets Total Fixed
- 50029525
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 50029525
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £302,452
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £137,031
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £50,194,946
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 137031
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £207,254
- Funds Endowment
- 20794762
- Funds Unrestricted
- 15914516
- Funds Restricted
- 13485668
- Funds Total
- 50194946
- Count Employees
- 1
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 4 May 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1170681
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 899685
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 2070366
- Income Legacies
- 598361
- Income Endowments
- 375000
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £146,649
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,055,889
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1202538
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 58494
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 1055889
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- -67163
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £11,930,822
- Assets Total Fixed
- 52870235
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 52870235
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £313,139
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £65,446
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £53,117,928
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 65446
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £274,013
- Funds Endowment
- 21174885
- Funds Unrestricted
- 18319712
- Funds Restricted
- 13623331
- Funds Total
- 53117928
- Count Employees
- 1
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 11 March 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 338804
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 612228
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 951032
- Income Legacies
- 287798
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £289,758
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,969,498
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 3259256
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 205148
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 2969498
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 7959224
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £11,790,652
- Assets Total Fixed
- 52752574
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 52752574
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £113,243
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £548,554
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £52,317,263
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 548554
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £84,690
- Funds Endowment
- 22308293
- Funds Unrestricted
- 17945417
- Funds Restricted
- 12063553
- Funds Total
- 52317263
- Count Employees
- 1
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- Royal Academy Trust
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1998-01-08T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 11 FEBRUARY 1981 AND SCHEME DATED 20TH APRIL 1998.AS AMENDED ON 09 MAR 2016 as amended on 06 Jun 2019
- Charitable Objects
- THE MAINTENANCE AND PRESERVATION OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS IN LONDON THROUGH WHICH IN THE WORDS OF ITS INSTRUMENT OF FOUNDATION AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS LAWS AS APPROVED BY THE SOVEREIGN THE ARTS OF DESIGN MAY BE PROMOTED INCLUDING:- (1) THE MAINTENANCE PRESERVATION AND CARE OF ANY BUILDINGS AND POSSESSIONS AT ANY TIME OR FROM TIME TO TIME OCCUPIED OR OWNED BY THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS AND HELD ON CHARITABLE TRUSTS (2) THE PRESENTATION OF THE ANNUAL EXHIBITION (AS DEFINED IN SECTION VI OF THE LAWS OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS IN LONDON) AND LOAN EXHIBITIONS PREPARED AND MOUNTED FOR THE BENEFIT BOTH OF SCHOLAR AND LAYMAN (3) THE MAINTENANCE AND PRESERVATION OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY SCHOOLS AS A MEANS OF PROVIDING TRAINING IN THE FINE ARTS (4) THE PRESERVATION OF DIPLOMA WORKS AND OF A LIBRARY OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS AS A CENTRE OF REFERENCE FOR THE FINE ARTS (5) THE MAINTENANCE PRESERVATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES AS ARE FROM TIME TO TIME SUPPORTED BY THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 578661
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- ROYAL ACADEMY DEVELOPMENT TRUST
- Charity Name Id
- 399745
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- THE ROYAL ACADEMY TRUST
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures