# THE ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE FOR DEFENCE AND SECURITY STUDIES

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 210639
- **Other names:** THE ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE FOR DEFENCE STUDIES, R U S I
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Oct. 4, 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=210639


## Contact

- **Address:** RUSI, WHITEHALL, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SW1A 2ET
- **Phone:** 0207 747 2600
- **Email:** director@rusi.org
- **Website:** www.rusi.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE SCIENCE AND LITERATURE OF THE THREE SERVICES

**Activities:** RUSI is the UK's leading independent think tank on international defence and security. Its mission is to be an analytical research-led global forum for informing, influencing and enhancing public debate on a safer and more stable world.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Belgium
- Kenya
- United States
- City Of Westminster



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £16616542 | £16561198 | £16946416 | 113 |
| March 31, 2024 | £18715927 | £18172618 | £17836548 | 125 |
| March 31, 2023 | £16800162 | £15991716 | £8539593 | 127 |
| March 31, 2022 | £15367601 | £11848010 | £12192945 | 115 |
| March 31, 2021 | £11130492 | £9393083 | £13599746 | 93 |



## Trustees

- **The Duke of Wellington Charles Wellesley OBE DL** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 1, 2016
- Admiral Sir Philip Andrew Jones GCB DL — appointed July 16, 2020
- Baroness Poppy Gustafsson CBE — appointed Jan. 9, 2026
- Divyata Ashiya — appointed July 18, 2022
- General Sir Nicholas Patrick Carter — appointed Oct. 20, 2022
- Janice Elizabeth Hall — appointed April 16, 2020
- Laurence Stephen Geller CBE — appointed July 18, 2019
- Lord Peter Forbes Ricketts — appointed Oct. 4, 2019
- Rt Hon Amber Augusta Rudd — appointed Dec. 15, 2020
- Rt Hon John Whitaker Straw — appointed Dec. 15, 2020
- Sharon Thorne — appointed Oct. 29, 2024
- Sir Alexander Younger KCMG — appointed Dec. 15, 2020
- Suzanne Elizabeth Raine — appointed Oct. 4, 2019