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 royal charter from an English , Scottish , or British monarch.
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]
Organisations are listed with the year(s) the charter was granted. This may not be the same as the year the organisation was founded. Organisations may also have charters renewed or regranted, so multiple dates may be shown.
Ballyclare May Fair (1756)
Bank of England
Bangor University (1885)
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
Belfast Royal Academy
Bridewell Royal Hospital alias King Edward's School, Witley
Bridge House Estates (1282)
British and Foreign Bible Society
British Army
British Broadcasting Corporation (1927, 1937, 1947, 1952, 1964, 1981, 1997, 2007, 2017)
British Computer Society (1984)
British Film Institute (1983)
British Institute of Radiology
British Occupational Hygiene Society
British Psychological Society [4]
British Standards Institution, The
British Red Cross (1908)
Bristol Society of Merchant Venturers
Recognition Panel [21]
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
The 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 Belfast Golf Club
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal British Nurses' Association
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 Emergency Medicine
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 Free Hospital
Royal Fleet Auxiliary
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Forestry Society
Royal Geographical Society (1859)
Royal Grammar School, Guildford
Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe
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)[12]
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) [22]
Royal Institution of Great Britain (1800)
Royal Institution of Naval Architects
Royal Life Saving Society
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Liverpool Seamen's Orphan Institution[23]
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 [14]
The Royal Society
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 [15]
Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH)[24]
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 (1963)
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Royal Society of Ulster Architects
Royal Star and Garter Home for Disabled Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen [10]
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 Yachting Association
Royal Yacht Squadron
Royal Zoological Society of Scotland