The Royal Fine Art Commission Trust

Analysis

The Royal Fine Art Commission Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1987, 39 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 advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Royal Fine Art Commission Trust reported income of £55k and spending of £91k, spending 167% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £197k to £55k (-72%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 275%. 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, The Royal Fine Art Commission Trust sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The German History Society (£55k), Crowthorne Musical Players (£55k) and The Portsmouth D-Day Museum Trust (£55k).

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.