Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland

Analysis

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland reported income of £493k and spending of £645k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £470k to £493k (+4.7%), an average of +1.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 119% 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 Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 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 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Photoworks (£492k), Bishopsland Educational Trust (£493k) and Deafinitely Theatre (£491k).

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.