Royal Entomological Society of London

Analysis

Royal Entomological Society of London is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Albans. It was registered in November 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending February 2026, Royal Entomological Society of London reported income of £1.6m and spending of £2.2m, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income grew from £1.2m to £1.6m (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Royal Entomological Society of London 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 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tynedale Hospice at Home (£1.6m), Dollond Charitable Trust (£1.6m) and Community Barnet (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 85%, investments 10%, donations and legacies 2.0% and trading 1.3%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 9.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £30k. Reserves of £21.1m would cover about 117 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 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.