Royal Artillery Institution Limited

Analysis

Royal Artillery Institution Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in December 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06446232). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Royal Artillery Institution Limited reported income of £951k and spending of £2.4m, spending 257% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £878k to £951k (+8.3%), an average of +2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 140% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Royal Artillery Institution Limited sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Creative Land Trust (£950k), The Big House Theatre Company (£952k) and National Youth Music Theatre Ltd (£950k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 52%, investments 28% and charitable activities 20%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1,000. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £611k. Reserves of £10.2m would cover about 50 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 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.