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List of organisations in the United Kingdom with a royal charter is an incomplete list of organisations based in the United Kingdom that have received a

There are over 900 bodies which have a UK Royal Charter.^[1] and a list of these is published by the Privy Council Office.^[2]

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

Alphabetical list

A

• Aberystwyth University (1889)
• Air Training Corps
• Arts Council England^[3]
• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
• Association of Corporate Treasurers
• Association for Project Management (APM)
• Aston University (1966)

B

• Bank of England
• Bangor University (1885)
• Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
• Belfast Royal Academy
• Bridewell Royal Hospital alias King Edward's School, Witley
• British and Foreign Bible Society
• British Army
• British Broadcasting Corporation
• British Computer Society
• British Film Institute (1983)
• British Institute of Radiology
• British Psychological Society^[4]
• British Standards Institution, The
• British Red Cross (1908)

C

• Cardiff University (1884)
• Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland (1902, revised 1978)
• Carnegie United Kingdom Trust (1917)[2]
• Chamber of Shipping^[5]
• Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE) ^[6]
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
• Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment
  (CISI)
• Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland
  (CIOBS)
• Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
• Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH)
• Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH)
• Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors ^[7]
• Chartered Institute of Legal Executives
• Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)^[4]
• Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport
  (CILT)
• Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters (CILA)
• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
• Chartered Institute of Marketing
• Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys
• Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
• Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply
• Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
• Chartered Institute of Public Relations
• Chartered Institute of Taxation^[8]
• Chartered Institute of Trademark Attorneys^[9]
• Chartered Institute of Wastes Management
• Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
• Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) (2003)
• Chartered Insurance Institute^[5]
• Chartered Management Institute
• Chartered Quality Institute
• Chartered Society of Designers
• Chartered Trading Standards Institute
• Christ College, Brecon
• Christ's Hospital
• City and Guilds of London Institute
• City, University of London^[10]
• Clifton College^[11]
• Colchester Royal Grammar School
• College of Arms
• College of Emergency Medicine
• The College of Law
• College of Optometrists
• Confederation of British Industry
• Crafts Council
• Cranfield University

E

• Educational Institute of Scotland
• Engineering Council UK
• English Speaking Union
• English Sports Council^[3]

• Faculty of Actuaries
• French Protestant Church of London (1550)^[12]

G

• Geological Society
• Goldsmith's College^[5]

• Heriot-Watt University
• Heythrop College, University of London^[13]
• Highgate School (1565)
• High School of Dundee (1859)
• Historic Royal Palaces
• The Honourable Company of Air Pilots
• Homerton College, University of Cambridge

• Ifs School of Finance^[14]
• Imperial College London (1907)
• Institute of Actuaries^[14]
• Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
• Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland
  (1888)
• Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (1854)
• Institute of Chartered Foresters
• Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
• Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers
• Institution of Engineers (India)
• Institute of Directors
• Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (1990)
• Institute of Physics
• Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering^[3]
• Institution of Chemical Engineers
• Institution of Civil Engineers
• Institution of Engineering and Technology;^[15] formerly:
  • Institution of Electrical Engineers
  • Institution of Incorporated Engineers
• Institution of Engineering Designers
• Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology
• Institution of Mechanical Engineers^[16]
• Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (2003)
• Institution of Royal Engineers
• Institution of Structural Engineers
• Ipswich School (1566)

J

• The Jockey Club

K

• King James School, Almondbury (1609)
• King's Ely (1541)
• King's College London (1829)
• King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers
  (1930)

L

• Lancaster University (1964)
• Landscape Institute (2008)
• Law Society (1845)^[17]
• Liverpool John Moores University
• London Library (1933, 1968, 2004)
• London Mathematical Society (1965)
• Loughborough University (1966)^[18]

M

• The Marine Society
• Museums and Galleries Commission
  (1987)
• Maidstone Grammar School
• Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) (2012)

N

• National Police Fund (Police Dependants' Trust (1926)^[19]
• National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
  (NSPCC) (1895)
• National Rifle Association of the United Kingdom
  (1894)
• Norwich School
  (1547)

• Portora Royal School
• Prince's Trust

Q

• Queen's University of Belfast
  (1908)
• Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London^[3]

• Recognition Panel^[20]
• Rossall School
• Royal Academy
• Royal Academy of Dance
• Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
• Royal Academy of Engineering
• Royal Academy of Music
• Royal Aero Club
• Royal Aeronautical Society
• Royal African Society
• Royal Agricultural Society of England
• Royal Aircraft Establishment
• Royal Air Force
• Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews
• Royal Armouries
• Royal Asiatic Society
• Royal Association for Deaf people
• Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation
• Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers
• Royal Astronomical Society
• Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
• Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
• Royal Automobile Club
• Royal Ballet
• Royal Bank of Scotland
• Royal Bath and West of England Society
• Royal Belfast Academical Institution
• Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
• Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Royal British Society of Sculptors
• Royal Caledonian Curling Club
• Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
• Royal Chester Rowing Club
• Royal Choral Society
• Royal College of Anaesthetists
• Royal College of Art
• Royal College of General Practitioners
• Royal College of Midwives
• Royal College of Music
• Royal College of Nursing
• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
• Royal College of Ophthalmologists
• Royal College of Organists
• Royal College of Pathologists
• Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
• Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
• Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
• Royal College of Physicians of London
• Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Royal College of Radiologists
• Royal College of Science
• Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• Royal College of Surgeons of England
• Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
• Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
• Royal Commonwealth Society
• Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind
• Royal Cornhill Hospital
• Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
• Royal Economic Society
• Royal Engineers
• Royal Entomological Society
• Royal Flying Corps
• Royal Forestry Society
• Royal Geographical Society
• Royal Grammar School, Guildford
• Royal Greenwich Observatory
• Royal Harbour, Ramsgate
• Royal Hibernian Military School
• Royal High School, Edinburgh
• Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
• Royal Historical Society
• Royal Holloway, University of London
• Royal Horticultural Society
• Royal Hospital, Chelsea (by Royal Warrant)
• Royal Hospital, Greenwich
• Royal Hospital School
• Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)^[11]
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
• Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) ^[21]
• Royal Institution of Great Britain
• Royal Institution of Naval Architects
• Royal Life Saving Society
• Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
• Royal Liverpool Seamen's Orphan Institution^[22]
• Royal London Society for the Blind
• Royal Marines
• Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh
• Royal Mencap Society
• Royal Meteorological Society
• Royal Microscopical Society
• Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
• Royal Mint
• Royal National Institute of the Blind
• Royal National Institute of the Deaf
• Royal National Lifeboat Institution
• Royal National Mòd
• Royal Navy
• Royal Northern College of Music
• Royal Numismatic Society
• Royal Observatory, Edinburgh
• Royal Opera House
• Royal Ordnance
• Royal Over-Seas League
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Royal Photographic Society
• Royal Radar Establishment
• Royal Regiment of Artillery
• The Royal School, Armagh
• Royal School Dungannon
• Royal School of Church Music
• Royal School of Military Engineering
• Royal School of Needlework
• Royal Scottish Academy
• Royal Scottish Forestry Society
• Royal Scottish National Orchestra
• Royal Scottish Geographical Society
• Royal Scottish Society of Arts
• Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour
• Royal Shakespeare Company^[13]
• Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
• Royal Society of Architects for Wales
• Royal Society of Arts
• Royal Society for Asian Affairs (RSAA)
• Royal Society of British Organists
• Royal Society of Chemistry
• Royal Society of Edinburgh
• Royal Society of Literature
• Royal Society of London
• Royal Society of Marine Artists
• Royal Society of Medicine
• Royal Society of Miniature Painters Sculptors and Gravers
• Royal Society of Portrait Painters
• Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts^[14]
• The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH)^[23]
• Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)
• Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
  (RSPCA)
• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
• Royal Society for the Promotion of Health
• The Royal Society of St George
• Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
• Royal Society of Ulster Architects
• Royal Star and Garter Home for Disabled Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen^[8]
• Royal Statistical Society (1887)
• Royal Town Planning Institute (1959)
• Royal Television Society
• Royal Veterinary College
• Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
• Royal Welch Fusiliers
• Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
• Royal West of England Academy
• Royal Ulster Agricultural Society
• Royal Ulster Constabulary
• Royal Yachting Association
• Royal Yacht Club
• Royal Zoological Society of Scotland

S

• Science Council (2003)
• Science and Technology Facilities Council^[11]
• The Scout Association
• Society for the Environment
• Society for Radiological Protection
• Society of Chemical Industry
• Society of Licensed Victuallers (1836)^[24]
• Spalding Queen Elizabeth Royal Free Grammar School
• St. Andrew's Ambulance Association
  (1899)
• St Chad's College Durham (1904)^[25]
• St Peter's College, Oxford (1961)
• Sunnyside Royal Hospital

T

• Technology Strategy Board^[11]
• The Textile Institute
• Toc H
• The Tanners Company of Bermondsey Bermondsey tanners
• Trustee Savings Bank *[3]

U

• Universities China Committee in London (1932)
• University College London
• University of Aberdeen
• University of Bath (1966)
• University of Birmingham (1900)
• University of Bradford (1966)
• University of Bristol (1909)
• University of Buckingham (1983)
• University of Cambridge
• University of Durham
  (1837)
• University of Dundee (1967)
• University of Edinburgh (1582)
• University of Essex^[8]
• University of Exeter
• University of Glasgow (1451)
• University of Hull
• University of Keele^[16]
• University of Kent
• University of Leeds^[5]
• University of Leicester
• University of Liverpool
• University of London
• University of Manchester
• University of Nottingham^[16]
• University of Oxford
• University of Reading^[14]
• University of Sheffield^[26]
• University of Southampton^[27] (1952)
• University of St Andrews
• University of Stirling
• University of Strathclyde
• University of Surrey
• University of Sussex
• University of Wales Swansea^[8]
• University of Wales: Trinity Saint David^[28]
• University of Warwick (1965)
• University of West of Scotland
  (2007)
• University of York^[29] (1963)

V

• Venerable Order of Saint John
  (1888)

W

• Wellington College^[4]
• Worshipful Company of Basketmakers
• Worshipful Company of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators^[3]
• Worshipful Company of Curriers
• Worshipful Company of Firefighters (2013)
• Worshipful Company of Haberdashers
• Worshipful Company of Information Technologists (2010)
• Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers
• Worshipful Company of Mercers
• Worshipful Company of Scriveners

See also

• List of Canadian organizations with royal patronage
• List of Irish organisations with royal patronage
• List of professional associations in the United Kingdom

Notes