# THE ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE FOR DEFENCE AND SECURITY STUDIES

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 210639
- **Other names:** THE ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE FOR DEFENCE STUDIES, R U S I
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Company number:** [RC000531](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/RC000531)
- **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&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=210639


## Contact

- **Address:** RUSI, WHITEHALL, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SW1A 2ET
- **Phone:** 020 7747 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&#x27;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.




## Classification

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



## Geography

- Belgium
- Kenya
- United States
- City Of Westminster





## Trustees

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



## Linked charities

- TRENCH GASCOIGNE PRIZE FUND (210639-1)
- BRACKENBURY MEMORIAL FUND (210639-2)
- CHESNEY MEMORIAL FUND (210639-3)
- EARDLEY-WILMOT MEDAL FUND (210639-4)



