# The Royal Collection Trust

## Details

- **Company number:** [02713536](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02713536)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- **Incorporated:** 11 May 1992
- **Registered office:** YORK HOUSE, ST. JAMES'S PALACE, LONDON, SW1A 1BQ
- **Nature of business:** [91011](/sic/91011) Library activities, [91012](/sic/91012) Archives activities, [91030](/sic/91030) Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions


## Previous names

- Charis (30) Limited (until 1 Feb 1993)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACON, Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby, Sir | director | 1 Mar 2024 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Right Honourable Sir Christopher Edward Wollaston Mackenzie Giedt | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent | 6 Apr 2016 | 17 Oct 2017 |
| Sir Philip Alan Reid | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent | 6 Apr 2016 | 1 Jan 2018 |
| The Right Honourable Earl William James Robert Peel | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent | 6 Apr 2016 | 31 Mar 2021 |
| The Right Honourable Edward Young | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent | 17 Oct 2017 | 1 Dec 2022 |
| Lord Andrew David Parker | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent | 1 Apr 2021 | 31 Oct 2024 |
| Sir Michael John Stevens | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent | 1 Jan 2018 | 31 Dec 2024 |
| Mr James Chalmers | significant-influence-or-control | 1 Jan 2025 |  |
| The Right Honourable The Lord Richard Benyon | significant-influence-or-control | 1 Nov 2024 |  |
| Vice Admiral Sir Charles Anthony Johnstone-Burt | significant-influence-or-control | 23 Mar 2023 |  |
| The Rt. Hon. Sir Clive Alderton | significant-influence-or-control | 1 Dec 2022 |  |
| The Sovereign | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 6 Apr 2016 |  |





## Controls

- [Royal Collection Enterprises Limited](/company/02778486) (02778486)



## Directors' other companies

- [BACON, Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby, Sir](/person/5995350) - director at [Robins Row Insurance Holdings Limited](/company/05916184)
- [BACON, Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby, Sir](/person/5995350) - director at [Love IT - Eat IT Limited](/company/06072025)
- [BACON, Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby, Sir](/person/5995350) - director at [The Royal Agricultural Society Of The Commonwealth](/company/04941444)
- [BACON, Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby, Sir](/person/5995350) - director at [Castell Nominees Limited](/company/02129778)
- [BACON, Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby, Sir](/person/5995350) - director at [ICP Capital 2 Limited](/company/16708970)



## Companies at the same address

- [Royal Collection Enterprises Limited](/company/02778486) (02778486)