Common questions about The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society)'s rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society) a good charity? +
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society) scores 79 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 98% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are late. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society) a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society) as a registered charity (charity number 207043). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=207043&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society)'s charity number? +
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society)'s charity number is 207043. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society)'s charity rating? +
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society) scores 79 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society) have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society). Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (2 red flags on this profile: late accounts filing; sharp income decline). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society)? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 98% of The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society)'s total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society)'s overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 2% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 3% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society). The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society)'s annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 51 employees paid more than £60,000, including 13 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £400,001–£450,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society) receive? +
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society) reported £158m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society)'s accounts up to date? +
Filing status: late (last filing 2026-01-30). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society) based? +
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society)'s registered contact address is in London (SW1Y 5AG). It tells the regulator it operates in Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales, with a focus on education.
How much is The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society)'s chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society)'s annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 51 employees paid more than £60,000, including 13 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £400,001–£450,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society)'s money come from? +
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society) reported £158m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £135m (86%), investments £22m (14%), donations and legacies £552k (0%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £90k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society)? +
The register records The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society) as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society)'s trustees paid? +
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society)'s annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits. Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
When was The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society) registered as a charity? +
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society) was entered on the register on 22 January 1963. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number RC000519).
How does CharityCompare score The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society)? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society)'s regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society)'s most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.