The Royal Anniversary Trust

Analysis

The Royal Anniversary Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Royal Anniversary Trust reported income of £580k and spending of £1.0m, spending 174% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £154k to £580k (+276%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 516%. Over the whole period it spent 141% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Royal Anniversary Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Leigh Educational Foundation (£579k), Law for Life: the Foundation for Public Legal Education (£581k) and The Starling Family Charitable Trust (£578k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 80%, investments 16% and trading 3.5%. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 12%. Reserves of £3.0m would cover about 32 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.