# ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 206123
- **Other names:** 1851 ROYAL COMMISSION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Sept. 22, 1962
- **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=206123


## Contact

- **Address:** 453 SHERFIELD BUILDING, IMPERIAL COLLEGE, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SW7 2AZ
- **Phone:** 02075948790
- **Email:** royalcom1851@imperial.ac.uk
- **Website:** www.royalcommission1851.org.uk



## Activities

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

**Activities:** 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.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £2267734 | £6625778 | £162548711 | 5 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £2565941 | £5723796 | £143838891 | 5 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £2393548 | £6269776 | £130375737 | 5 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £2259666 | £5182525 | £150029559 | 5 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £2787261 | £5919025 | £138125545 | 5 |



## Trustees

- **Rt Hon Professor Lord Ajay Kumar Kakkar** (Chair) — appointed Feb. 2, 2022
- Dame Alison Nimmo DBE — appointed Nov. 11, 2020
- PROFESSOR DAME Carol Vivien Robinson DBE — appointed July 7, 2021
- Professor Andy Hopper CBE FRS FREng FIET — appointed July 4, 2018
- Professor Christopher Mark Wise RDI FREng — appointed April 17, 2019
- Professor Dame Ann Patricia Dowling OM DBE — appointed Feb. 3, 2020
- Professor Dame Sarah Marcella Springman DBE — appointed March 4, 2024
- Professor Eleanor Stride OBE — appointed July 6, 2022
- Professor Jameel 'Jim' Sadik Al-Khalili CBE — appointed Dec. 8, 2021
- Professor Sadie Anna Morgan OBE — appointed Aug. 29, 2024
- Sandra Robertson — appointed Nov. 11, 2020
- The Rt Hon Lord Ian Burnett of Maldon — appointed Sept. 8, 2023