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Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851

Awarding Research Fellowships, Industrial Fellowships, Industrial Design Studentships, Fellowships in Design and the Built Environment, Enterprise Fellowships, Technical Teaching Fellowships and Special Awards and administering its South Kensington estate all with the aim to increase the means of industrial education and extend the influence of science and art upon productive industry.
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Positives:

  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates much of its income
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • There is a pension deficit of £345,000
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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
31/12/23£2,566£5,724£-3,158£52£143,839£143,839301.6533
31/12/22£2,394£6,270£-3,876£0£130,376£130,376249.5533
31/12/21£2,260£5,183£-2,923£53£150,030£150,030347.4532
31/12/20£2,787£5,919£-3,132£0£138,126£138,126280533
31/12/19£2,753£4,925£-2,171£0£128,403£128,403312.9524
31/12/18£3,188£4,774£-1,586£41£110,043£110,043276.640
31/12/17£2,444£4,805£-2,361£41£115,965£115,965289.640
31/12/16£2,601£3,456£-855£5£104,944£104,944364.440
31/12/15£2,604£3,278£-674£16£92,699£92,699339.430
31/12/14£2,714£2,682£32£14£94,248£94,248421.630
31/12/13£2,339£2,446£-107£12£82,993£82,993407.130
31/12/12£2,452£2,389£63£14£75,812£75,812380.830
31/12/11£2,380£2,410£-30£18£70,708£70,70835230
31/12/10£2,429£2,311£118£13£74,633£74,633387.530
31/12/09£2,035£2,240£-205£14£68,322£68,32236630
31/12/08£2,537£1,896£641£16£59,219£59,219374.830
31/12/07£1,791£1,869£-77£9£49,978£49,97832140
31/12/06£1,928£1,998£-69n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£1,590£1,663£-73n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£3,337£1,382£1,956n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 284%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 301.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -5 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 62 years

www.royalcommission1851.org.uk

royalcom1851@imperial.ac.uk

02075948790

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Scientific research and testing services
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 12/13 persons

  • DAME ALISON NIMMO DBE Appointed: 2020
  • MR JIM EYRE OBE RIBA Appointed: 2014
  • PROFESSOR DAME CAROL VIVIEN ROBINSON DBE Appointed: 2021
  • PROFESSOR ANDY HOPPER CBE FRS FRENG FIET Appointed: 2018
  • PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER MARK WISE RDI FRENG Appointed: 2019
  • PROFESSOR DAME ANN PATRICIA DOWLING OM DBE Appointed: 2020
  • PROFESSOR DAME SARAH MARCELLA SPRINGMAN DBE Appointed: 2024
  • PROFESSOR ELEANOR STRIDE OBE Appointed: 2022
  • PROFESSOR JAMEEL 'JIM' SADIK AL-KHALILI CBE Appointed: 2021
  • PROFESSOR LORD MAIR CBE HONDSC FRENG FRS FICE Appointed: 2014
  • RT HON PROFESSOR LORD AJAY KUMAR KAKKAR (Chair) Appointed: 2022
  • SANDRA ROBERTSON Appointed: 2020
  • THE RT HON LORD IAN BURNETT OF MALDON Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/09/1962, number: 206123
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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

453 SHERFIELD BUILDING
IMPERIAL COLLEGE
LONDON
SW7 2AZ

Objectives

TO INCREASE THE MEANS OF INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION AND TO EXTEND THE INFLUENCE OF SCIENCE AND ART UPON PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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