Royal Statistical Society

Analysis

Royal Statistical Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Royal Statistical Society reported income of £5.7m and spending of £3.0m, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.2m to £5.7m (+155%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 144%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Royal Statistical Society sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Speakers for Schools (£5.7m), Sussex House School (£5.7m) and The Foundation Charity of Bishop Vesey's Grammar School (£5.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94%, trading 3.5% and investments 2.9%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 0.4%. Reserves of £6.4m would cover about 23 months of spending at that rate. It employed 31 people.