# THE ROYAL COLLECTION TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1016972
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Feb. 2, 1993
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1016972


## Contact

- **Address:** YORK HOUSE, ST. JAMES'S PALACE, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SW1A 1BQ
- **Phone:** (0)20 7930 4832
- **Email:** press@rct.uk
- **Website:** https://www.rct.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** 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.

**Activities:** 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.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £89934000 | £76010000 | £58670000 | 1064 |
| March 31, 2024 | £84343000 | £72158000 | £43446000 | 923 |
| March 31, 2023 | £61893900 | £53930221 | £31660788 | 837 |
| March 31, 2022 | £24043165 | £39052826 | £25697813 | 693 |
| March 31, 2021 | £6876808 | £43191219 | £37706934 | 759 |



## Trustees

- Dr ANNA JULIA KEAY — appointed April 1, 2018
- Dr Tonya Nelson — appointed April 1, 2022
- James Chalmers — appointed Jan. 1, 2025
- James Lambert — appointed April 1, 2026
- Marc Jan Bolland — appointed April 1, 2017
- Monisha Shah — appointed April 1, 2022
- Sir Brian Ivory — appointed Jan. 1, 2021
- Sir Nicholas Bacon Bt KCVO — appointed March 1, 2024
- The Right Honourable Lord Richard Benyon — appointed Nov. 1, 2024
- The Rt. Hon. Sir Clive Alderton KCVO — appointed Dec. 1, 2022
- VICE ADMIRAL CHARLES ANTHONY JOHNSTONE-BURT CB OBE DL — appointed Oct. 18, 2017