# Royal Academy Trust

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1067270
- **Other names:** ROYAL ACADEMY DEVELOPMENT TRUST, THE ROYAL ACADEMY TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Jan. 8, 1998
- **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=1067270


## Contact

- **Address:** BURLINGTON HOUSE, PICCADILLY, LONDON
- **Postcode:** W1J 0BD
- **Phone:** 02073008017
- **Email:** press.office@royalacademy.org.uk
- **Website:** www.royalacademy.org.uk



## Activities

**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

**Activities:** The object of the Trust is the maintenance, development, advancement and preservation of the Royal Academy of Arts.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £1518840 | £2080869 | £52354931 | 1 |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £1481853 | £3854408 | £50194946 | 1 |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £2070366 | £1202538 | £53117928 | 1 |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £951032 | £3259256 | £52317263 | 1 |
| Aug. 31, 2020 | £2704609 | £2592515 | £46666263 | 1 |



## Trustees

- Andrew Cohen — appointed Jan. 1, 2025
- Batia Ofer — appointed April 17, 2019
- Bianca Roden — appointed Jan. 2, 2024
- Denise Gardner — appointed Feb. 28, 2025
- Elbert O'Neal Robinson Jr — appointed Sept. 21, 2022
- Esha Arora — appointed March 13, 2026
- Ivor Braka — appointed Jan. 26, 2026
- Katy Wickremesinghe — appointed Sept. 21, 2022
- Lady Ina Sarikhani Weston — appointed Sept. 7, 2020
- Lisa Reuben — appointed March 13, 2024
- Martin Ephson OBE — appointed June 7, 2024
- Melanie Clore — appointed June 22, 2017
- Natalie Livingstone — appointed March 13, 2026
- PESH FRAMJEE — appointed Aug. 26, 2020
- Paulo Pereira — appointed June 14, 2023
- Peter Rowland Tudor St John — appointed Nov. 1, 2020
- ROBERT WILLIAM GUY YERBURGH — appointed June 22, 2020
- Rebecca Salter PRA — appointed Dec. 10, 2019
- Rosemary Leith — appointed Dec. 1, 2025
- Sally Tennant — appointed March 21, 2023
- Scott Mead — appointed June 7, 2017
- Sebastien Mazella di Bosco — appointed Oct. 2, 2024
- Simon Philip Zbigniew Wallis OBE — appointed Aug. 10, 2025
- Stefan Bollinger — appointed July 13, 2021