01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC037784
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Cross Border
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 101
- Postcode
- WC2N 6EZ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
the encouragement of the Arts Manufactures and Commerce of the Country firstly by bestowing rewards for such productions inventions or improvements as should tend to the employment of the poor to the increase of trade and to the riches and honour of the Kingdom by promoting industry and emulation and which the Society from that period hitherto as is represented to us has been engaged in promoting those objects of national interest by bestowing pecuniary and honorary rewards for meritorious works in the various departments of the Fine Arts for discoveries inventions and improvements in Agriculture Chemistry Mechanics Manufactures and other useful Arts for the application of such natural and artificial products whether of home or foreign growth and manufacture as appeared likely to afford fresh objects of industry and to increase the trade of the realm by extending the sphere and operations of Commerce and secondly by the advancement of education in and the encouragement and conduct of research into the sustainable context within which the said Arts Manufactures and Commerce may prosper and be managed efficiently including research on all Commerce Design Industry Public Services Science Technology Social Enterprises Voluntary and other Arts to make both such research findings available to the public as well as all other exclusively charitable purposes
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £12,634,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £13,650,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 101 | 27 August 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £12,880,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £12,762,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 101 | 8 August 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £12,880,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £12,762,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 101 | 6 September 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £10,376,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £11,255,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 101 | 6 September 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | £8,400 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £10,037 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 101 | 16 December 2021 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- 8 John Adam Street, London
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.thersa.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied · 212424
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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