The Royal Society for Asian Affairs

Analysis

The Royal Society for Asian Affairs is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Royal Society for Asian Affairs reported income of £161k and spending of £239k, spending 148% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £144k to £161k (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 122% 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, The Royal Society for Asian Affairs sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Imperial War Museum Development Trust (£161k), The Ancient India and Iran Trust (£161k) and The Federation of Museums and Art Galleries of Wales (£161k).

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.