List of organisations with a British royal charter

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This is a list of organisations with a British royal charter. It includes organisations in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, in chronological order, that have received a royal charter from an English, Scottish, or British monarch.

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The list of organisations in the United Kingdom with a royal charter is an alphabetical list of organisations in the UK.

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Day and monthYearNameNotesDate sealedReference
1067 [1] Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London "City of London Corporation"
17 November1155 Weavers' Company (See also under 1707 below)
1231 University of Cambridge
1248 University of Oxford
1272 Saddlers' Company
1282 Bridge House Estates
28 May1284 Peterhouse, Cambridge
10 March1326 Merchant Taylors' Company
1 March1327 Skinners' Company
1327 Goldsmiths' Company
6 August1348 Dean and Canons of Windsor
1348 Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
30 June1379 New College, Oxford
1382 Winchester College
13 January1393 Mercers' Company
4 December1416 Cutlers' Company
16 February1428 Grocers' Company
22 February1437 Brewers' Company
23 August1437 Vintners' Company
26 April1439 Cordwainers' Company
1444 Leathersellers' Company
8 May1453 Armourers' Company
13 October1457 Magdalen College, Oxford
8 March1462 Tallow Chandlers' Company
1462 Barbers' Company
20 March1463 Ironmongers' Company
16 February1471 Dyers' Company
20 January1473 Pewterers Company
1474 Corporation of Blacksmiths of Dublin
16 August1475 St Catharine's College, Cambridge
7 July1477 Carpenters' Company
16 February1483 Wax Chandlers' Company
1496 Jesus College, Cambridge
10 March1501 Plaisterers' Company
29 April1501 Coopers' Company
23 February1504 Poulters' Company
1 July1505 Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
22 July1509 Bakers' Company
15 January1512 Brasenose College, Oxford
1517 Corpus Christi College, Oxford
23 September1518 Royal College of Physicians of London
18 January1528 Clothworkers' Company
1532 Bristol Grammar School
25 August1537 Honourable Artillery Company
1541 King's Ely The school's first Royal Charter
19 January1542 College of Christ of Brecknock
1542 Magdalene College, Cambridge
23 July1545 King Henry VIII School, Coventry
1545 Warwick School
1547 Trinity College, Cambridge
1547 Norwich School
13 January1547 Bethlem Hospital
13 January1547 Saint Bartholomew's Hospital
1549 Pembroke College, Cambridge
13 May1550 Sherborne School
1550 French Protestant Church of London Charities
12 August1551 St Thomas' Hospital
14 May1552 Sedbergh School
17 June1552 King Edward VI Grammar School, Stourbridge
12 July1552 King Edward's School, Bath
18 December1552 Society of Merchant Venturers of Bristol
1552 Bedford School
1552 King Edward's School, Birmingham
25 April1552 King Edward VI Free Grammar School (King's School), Macclesfield
  1. The Governors of the Possessions, Revenues and Goods of the Free Grammar School (King's School) (Macclesfield)
  2. Foundation of Sir John Percyvale in 1502, refounded by King Edward VI in 1552 with (King Edward VI Free Grammar School Macclesfield)
26 May1553 Giggleswick School
26 June1553 Bridewell Hospital
26 June1553 Christ's Hospital
1553 King Edward VI Grammar School, Southampton
1553 Tonbridge School
6 January1554 Boston Grammar School, Lincolnshire
1554 Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall
15 July1555 College of Arms
1555 Muscovy Company
1555 St John's College, Oxford
7 July1556Charity of the Priest and Poor of Ginge Petre in the County of Essex
4 May1557Stationers' Company
5 July1558 Brentwood School, Essex
21 May1560 Westminster Abbey
28 February1561 Worcester School
1561 Kingston Grammar School
25 October1561 Broderers' Company
1562 Royal Grammar School High Wycombe
1562 St Olave's Grammar School
1562 King's Ely The school's second Royal Charter
15 June1563 Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College
1565 Exeter College, Oxford
1565 Highgate School
1567 Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn
3 August1568 Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers
12 October1568 Worshipful Company of Girdlers
14 April1570Joiners' Company
1571Blacksmiths' Company
1571Harrow School
27 June1571 Jesus College, Oxford
9 February1573 University College, Oxford
1574Cranbrook School
25 November1574Queen Elizabeth's College, Greenwich
1576Sutton Valence School
1577Spanish Company
19 June1578 Haberdashers' Company
1579 Eastland Company
1579 Turkey Company of London
19 July1581 Painter Stainers' Company
1584 Uppingham School
1585 Queen's College, Oxford
1591 Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield
1594 Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
3 May1597 Hospital of St. John the Evangelist and St. Anne in Oakham
29 November1599 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
22 March1600Royal Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1600 East India Company
1603 Oriel College, Oxford
1603 Hostmen of Newcastle upon Tyne
30 August1603 Fishmongers' Company
17 December1603 Bishop Auckland Grammar School
2 August1604 Feltmakers' Company
29 August1605 Woodmongers' Company
16 September1605 Butchers' Company
18 September1605 Gardeners' Company
9 January1606 Fruiterers' Company
19 January1606 Drapers' Company C878
30 April1606 Curriers' Company
15 May1607 Salters' Company
1610 Newfoundland Company
12 April1611 Plumbers' Company
22 June1611 Sutton's Hospital in Charterhouse
20 December1611 Wadham College, Oxford
1611French Company
1612 Bermuda Company
13 September1612Don Baudains (Jersey)
1613 The Honourable The Irish Society
18 September1614 Founders' Company
1615 Wilson's Grammar School
28 January1617 Scriveners' Company
6 December1617 Society of Apothecaries of London
21 June1619 Dulwich College
21 June1619 New River Company
9 June1621 Brown Bakers' Company
1621 Bowyers' Company
13 May1622 Starch Makers' Company
1624 Pembroke College, Oxford
14 June1626 Upholders' Company
22 October1628 Playing Card Makers' Company
16 May1629 Spectacle Makers' Company
1629 Massachusetts Company
3 July1630 Sion College
8 July1631 Sackville College
22 August1631 Clockmakers' Company
4 April1636 Comb Makers' Company
20 August1636 Pinmakers' Company
14 March1637 Gunmakers' Company
12 January1638 Horners' Company
22 May1638 Soap Makers' Company
9 August1638 Distillers' Company
6 November1638 Glaziers' Company
10 September1639 Glovers' Company
27 February1639 Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks
10 November1656 Needlemakers' Company
13 June1657 Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters
28 November1661 Glass Sellers' Company
20 January1662 Royal African Company
7 February1662 New England Company
15 July1662 Royal Society
1662 Bradford Grammar School
16 February1663 Cooks' Company
21 December1663 Innholders' Company
17 March1664 Canary Company
30 June1664 Royal Scottish Corporation
1 December1664 Hat-Band Makers' Company
18 May1666 Broadweavers and Clothiers' Company of Coventry
1666 King's Ely The school's third Royal Charter
3 February1670 Wheelwrights' Company
2 May1670 Hudson's Bay Company
2 August1670 Pattenmakers' Company
29 December1670 Tin Plate Workers' Company
18 November1672 Trinity House in Kingston-Upon-Hull
17 January1674 Farriers' Company
31 May1677 Coachmakers' Company
17 December1677 Masons' Company
1 July1678 Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy
19 October1681 Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh
8 July1685 Corporation of the Trinity House of Deptford Strond
16 June1693 Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers' Company
27 July1694 Bank of England
16 June1701 Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts
15 July1703 Tanners' Company of Bermondsey
6 March1704The Royal Company of Archers C889
26 April1704 Company of the Mine Adventurers of England
3 November1704 Queen Anne's Bounty
19 April1706 Grey Coat Hospital
27 July1706 Amicable Society for a Perpetual Assurance Office
17 November1707 Weavers' Company
22 December1707 Charitable Corporation
19 April1709 Fanmakers' Company
25 May1709 Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge
23 May1711 Blanket Weavers of Witney
8 September1711 South Sea Company
3 December1711 Loriners' Company
29 July1714 Worcester College, Oxford
1718 Greenwich Hospital, London
24 July1718 French Protestant Hospital
27 July1719Music Society for Carrying on Operas and other Entertainments
22 June1720 London Assurance
22 June1720 Royal Exchange Assurance
8 March1723 Chelsea Waterworks Company
21 November1724 Equivalent Company
31 May1727 Royal Bank of Scotland Ltd
31 July1729Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Halifax
23 October1729 Company for working Mines etc. in Scotland
17 October1739 Foundling Hospital
27 August1740 Hertford College
28 April1741 Charity for the Relief of the Widows and Children of the Clergy of Norwich and Norfolk
13 April1742 Charity for the Relief of the Widows and Children of the Clergy of Suffolk
25 June1742 Orphan Hospital and Workhouse at Edinburgh
5 July1746 British Linen Bank
29 April1747Governors of the Charity for the relief of the poor Widows and Orphans
14 July1748 Excise Incorporation in Scotland
11 October1750 Society of the Free British Fishery
2 November1751 Society of Antiquaries of London
9 December1758 London Hospital
26 January1765 Society of Artists of Great Britain
8 June1765 Bethel Hospital, Norwich
19 June1773 Carron Company
22 June1768 College of Doctors of Law
1773 Royal Medical Society
27 January1774 Society of Advocates in Aberdeen
24 March1781Governors of the Possessions Revenues and Goods
29 March1783 Royal Society of Edinburgh
6 May1783 Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
9 June1783 Glasgow Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures
10 July1786 Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures
17 May1787 Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
26 August1790 Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain
21 December1791 Glasgow Royal Infirmary
9 January1792Society for the Benefit of Sons and Daughters of the Clergy of the Church of Scotland
6 March1793 Inverness Royal Academy
23 August1793 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (United Kingdom)
30 October1794 Christian Faith Society
6 June1796 Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow
24 January1797 Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland
29 June1797 Corporation of the Trinity House of Leith
1798 Commercial Buildings Company of Dublin
20 June1798 Naval Knights of Windsor|
28 June1798 Ayr Academy
13 January1800 Royal Institution of Great Britain
22 March1800 Royal College of Surgeons of England
5 July1800 Sierra Leone Company
22 September1800 Downing College, Cambridge
19 April1801 James Gillespie's High School
26 March1802 Linnean Society of London
12 May1802 University of King's College, Halifax, Nova Scotia
21 January1807 London Institution
7 April1807 Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary
6 April1809 Tain Royal Academy
1808 Commercial Buildings Company of Cork
17 April1809 Royal Horticultural Society
30 April1812 Gaslight and Coke Company
23 May1817 National Society for Promoting Religious Education
13 January1818 Royal Edinburgh Public Dispensary
19 May1818 Royal Literary Fund C187
8 May1819 Dundee Royal Infirmary
1820 Faculty of Procurators and Solicitors in Dundee
3 February1821 Hutchesons' Hall
31 March1821 McGill University
24 November1821 Liverpool Royal Institution
6 February1824 North British Insurance Company
6 February1824 Edinburgh Academy
11 August1824 Royal Asiatic Society
14 October1824 Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society
1 November1824 Australian Agricultural Company
9 December1824 Glasgow Royal Mental Hospital
23 April1825 Geological Society of London
30 July1825Incorporated British, Irish and Colonial Silk Company
15 September1825 Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom
10 November1825 Van Diemen's Land Company
23 February1826West India Company
28 June1826 The Equitable Life Assurance Society
19 August1826 Canada Company
15 March1827 University of Toronto
2 August1827Society for the management and distribution of the Artists Fund
30 April1827 London Portable Gas Company
6 February1828 St David's College, Lampeter
3 June1828 Institution of Civil Engineers
25 November1828 Plymouth Union Bath Company
27 March1829 Zoological Society of London
14 August1829 King's College London
16 July1829 Haytor Granite Mining Company
18 January1830 General Lying-In Hospital
25 January1830Schaw Bequest
19-May1830 Dundee Orphanage Trust
23 June1830 Royal Academy of Music
22 November1830Mauritius Bank
7 March1831 Royal Astronomical Society
2 March1831 United General Gas Company
5 August1831 Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd
16 May1832 Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
6 August1832 Cambridge Philosophical Society
20 February1834 New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Land Company
20 March1834 British American Land Company
26 July1834 Wearmouth Dock Company
30 September1834 Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London
13 October1834 Society for the illustration and encouragement of Practical Science
3 May1836 Society of Licensed Victuallers
28 November1836 University of London
28 November1836 University College, London
13 April1836Colonial Bank
11 January1837 Royal Institute of British Architects
1 June1837 University of Durham
7 June1837 Company of Stationers of Glasgow
11 November1837 Millar and Peadie's School
27 January1838 Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Society
26 April1838 Royal Naval Benevolent Society
13 August1838 Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture & Architecture
23 August1838 Polytechnic Institution
6 September1839 Royal Botanic Society of London
10 April1839 Insurance Company of Scotland
26 August1839 Mauritius Commercial Bank
26 August1839 Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
26 March1840 Royal Agricultural Society of England
3 January1840 Bank of British North America
29 January1840 Pacific Steam Navigation Company
1 August1840 Society of Solicitors of Banffshire
10 August1840 Bank of Ceylon
11 September1840 Australian Trust Company
11 September1840 West India Bank
10 November1840 Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
12 February1841 New Zealand Company
16 March1841 Bank of Australasia
26 April1841Life Association of Scotland
19 June1841Murdoch's Boys' School
16 October1841 Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario
16 March1842McLachlan's Free School
30 June1842 Artists General Benevolent Institution
15 December1842Licensed Victuallers Asylum
11 August1842British Plate Glass Company (granted for one year)
18 February1843 Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
3 April1843 Royal Grammar School, Worcester
27 April1843Queen Elizabeth's Almshouses Worcester
17 July1843 Queen's College, Birmingham
18 January1844 Ionian Bank
8 March1844 Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
4 June1844 Irish Reproductive Loan Fund Institution
26 February1845 The Law Society
21 August1845 Marlborough College
13 January1845Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada
3 February1845 Agricultural College, Cirencester
30 June1845 Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes
8 August1845 Preston Banking Company
1845 Queen's University, Belfast
20 November1845 Smyrna Bank
18 March1846Trust Company
6 April1846 British Whale and Seal Fishery Company
19 May1846General Mining Association (Nova Scotia and Cape Breton)
30 October1846 Art Union of London
30 October1846 British West India Company
14 November1846 Exchange Bank of Scotland
3 February1847 Royal Society of British Artists
27 February1847Southern and Western Mining Company of Ireland
20 May1847 Royal Society of Arts
20 May1847 India and Australia Mail Steam Packet Company
17 June1847 Eastern Archipelago Company
17 June1847Great Southern and Eastern Steam Packet Company
17 June1847Valentia Slab Company in Ireland
22 July1847 South Australian Banking Company
22 July1847 General Screw Steam Shipping Company
22 November1847 Association for the Promotion of Fine Arts in Scotland
2 March1848 Royal Irish Fisheries Company
2 March1848 Southern Whale Fishery Company
8 May1848 Governesses Benevolent Institution "Schoolmistresses and Governesses Benevolent Institution"
27 June1848 Missionary College of Saint Augustine Canterbury "St Augustine's Foundation"
4 September1848 Chemical Society
31 October1848 Irish Amelioration Society
16 December1848 College of Preceptors "College of Teachers"
1 March1849 Warneford Lunatic Asylum (Oxford)
1 May1849 Canterbury Association for Founding a Settlement in New Zealand
30 July1849 Royal British Bank
5 September1849 Banbury Banking Company
8 January1850 The Royal Panopticon of Science and Art
14 August1850 Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851
14 August1850 Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes "1830 Housing Society"
12 December1850 Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
7 March1851 British and Irish Peat Company
14 April1851 Submarine Telegraph Company "Submarine Telegraph Company between Great Britain and the Continent of Europe"
5 May1851 Educational Institute of Scotland
25 June1851 Eastern Steam Navigation Company
7 August1851 Oriental Bank Corporation
7 August1851 Great Peat Working Company of Ireland
7 August1851 South American and General Steam Navigation Company
23 October1851 Falkland Islands Company
23 October1851 Leith Chamber of Commerce
16 July1852 University of Trinity College, Toronto, Ontario
8 December1852 Laval University, Quebec
2 February1852 Irish Beet Sugar Company
2 February1852 West of Ireland Land Investment Company
5 March1852 Colonial Gold Company
5 March1852 Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company
5 March1852 Irish Land Company
5 April1852 English and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company
5 April1852 General Theatrical Fund Association "The Royal Theatrical Fund"
15 May1852 Irish Submarine Telegraph Company
15 May1852 English Company for Working Mines in Ireland
15 June1852 Australasian Gold Mining Company
15 June1852 Port Philip and Colonial Gold Mining Company
30 June1852 President and Managers of the Infirmary of Aberdeen
30 June1852 African Steamship Company
18 August1852 Liverpool and Australian Navigation Company
18 August1852 Australasian Pacific Mail Steam Packet Company
16 October1852 London Chartered Bank of Australia
10 November1852 Liverpool and African Screw Steam Carrying Company
10 November1852 English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank
28 December1852 Crystal Palace Company
28 January1853 Bishops College, Lennoxville, Quebec
as well as Bishop's College School then as its affiliated institute
13 December1853 Wellington College
4 January1853 Bucks and Oxon Union Bank
13 June1853 Australian Direct Steam Navigation Company via Panana
13 June1853 British Telegraph Company
13 June1853 East Indian Iron Company
13 June1853 Council and Committee of Queen's College "Queen's College London"
13 June1853 International Telegraph Company
8 August1853 Friend of the Clergy
19 August1853 Chartered Bank of Asia
19 August1853 Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China "Standard Chartered Bank"
7 April1854 Marylebone Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes
7 April1854 City of Worcester Association for Building Dwellings for the Labouring Classes
13 September1854 Society of Accountants in Edinburgh "Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland"
18 October1854 London and Eastern Banking Corporation
8 February1855 Institute of Accountants and Actuaries in Glasgow
8 February1855 Australian Mining Company
21 May1855 Manchester and Salford Baths and Laundries Company
21 May1855 Bank of London
6 June1855 Colonial Fibre Company
26 June1855 City Bank
21 July1855 Salopian Society for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes
21 November1855 South Australia Company
7 December1855 President and Managers of the Aberdeen Asylum for the Blind
7 December1855 Bank of Egypt
25 February1856 Unity Joint Stoke Mutual Banking Association
4 April1856 Ottoman Bank
28 April1856 Western Bank of London
28 April1856 London and Paris Joint Stock Bank
7 February1857 Society of Procurators and Solicitors in the City and Country of Perth
12 July1857 Hospital for Women
6 May1857 Agra and United Service Bank
27 August1857 Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China
3 February1858 University of Sydney
14 March1859 University of Melbourne
11 January1859 Royal Geographical Society
18 April1859 Royal Dramatic College
6 July1859 Benevolent Institution for the Relief of Aged and Infirm Journeymen Tailors
23 September1859 National Benevolent Institution, founded by the late Peter Herve
22 October1859 High School of Dundee
23 January1860 Royal United Service Institution "Royal United Services Institute for Defence"
7 March1860 Royal National Life Boat Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
26 October1860 London and South African Bank
4 February1861 Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1862
5 August1861 Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
20 November1861 Glasgow Art Union
26 April1862 Bank of British Columbia
19 July1862 Salisbury Infirmary
1 November1862 Asylum for Idiots "Royal Earlswood Institution for Mental Defectives"
1 November1862 Saint Andrew's College, Bradfield
3 February1864 Commercial Bank Corporation of India and the East
3 February1864 Asiatic Banking Corporation
3 February1864 Dundee Chamber of Commerce "Dundee and Tayside Chamber of Commerce and Industry"
3 February1864 Royal Orthopaedic Hospital
3 February1864 Society for Relief of Widows and Orphans of Medical Men
7 April1864 Natal Native Trust
7 April1864 Department of Science and Art
9 July1864 Friend of the Clergy
9 July1864 Albert Memorial College in Suffolk"Framlingham College"
28 July1864 Haileybury College "Haileybury and Imperial Service College"
1 November1864 Printers' Pension, Almshouse and Orphan Asylum Corporation "Printers' Charitable Corporation"
5 December1865 Meteorological Society "Royal Meteorological Society"
24 March1866 Glasgow Magdalene Institution
9 May1866 Corporation for Middle Class Education in the Metropolis and the Suburbs thereof
26 July1866 Microscopical Society "Royal Microscopical Society"
28 December1866 Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences (Royal Albert Hall)
26 February1867Preceptor, Patrons and Directors of Baillie's Institution in Glasgow
4 March1867 Society of Accountants in Aberdeen
17 May1867 Poor Clergy Relief Society "Poor Clergy Relief Corporation"
4 November1867 Association for the Protection of Commercial Interests as respects Wrecked and Damaged Property "Salvage Association"
30 July1868 Crossley Orphan Home and School "Crossley and Porter Orphan Home and School"
14 September1868 Faculty of Actuaries in ScotlandSurrendered 21 July 2010Merged with Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
4 June1870 Keble College, Oxford
6 July1871Incorporated Lay Body of the Church of England in Jamaica
17 March1875 Royal Veterinary College
13 May1875 Dundee Royal Lunatic Asylum
27 June1876 University of New Zealand
23 October1876 North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers
7 February1877 Clifton College
11 July1877 University of the Cape of Good Hope "University of South Africa"
18 March1880 Victoria University "Victoria University of Manchester"
24 March1880 Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
2 March1881 University of Adelaide
15 July1881 Surveyors Institution "Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors"
26 August1881 South Wales Institute of Engineers
26 August1881 University College, Liverpool
26 August1881 British North Borneo Company
18 August1882 Selwyn College, Cambridge
18 August1882 Royal Colonial Institute "Royal Commonwealth Society"
20 April1883 Royal College of Music
23 August1883 Charing Cross Hospital
12 December1883 Incorporated Society of Law Agents in Scotland "Scottish Law Agents Society"
26 June1884 St. Paul's Hostel, Cambridge
26 June1884 Institute of Actuaries Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
11 August1884 University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire "Cardiff University "
29 November1884 Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford
30 December1884 Royal National Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest on the separate or Cottage principle "President and Governors of the Royal National Hospital for Disease of the Chest, Ventnor"
26 March1885 University College of North Wales "Bangor University"C5
19 May1885 Queen Charlotte's Lying in Hospital "Queen Charlotte Maternity Hospital"
19 May1885 Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain and Ireland "Royal Institute of Chemistry"
24 June1885 Entomological Society of London "Royal Entomological Society of London"
12 August1885 Colonial and Indian Exhibition Commissioners 1886
8 March1886 Princess Helena College
25 June1886 National African Company
14 January1887 Royal Statistical Society
7 February1888Trustees of the Buchanan Bequest
7 February1888 Corporation of the Church House
3 May1888 Imperial Institute of the United Kingdom, the Colonies, and India and the Isles of the British Seas
3 May1888 Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England "Grand Priory of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem"
10 August1888 Imperial British East Africa Company
5 July1889 Royal Historical Society
23 July1889 University College of Wales, Aberystwyth "Aberystwyth University"
19 August1889 Manchester Whitworth Institute
19 August1889 Queen Victoria's Jubilee Institute for Nurses "Queen's Nursing Institute"
19 August1889 Imperial Bank of Persia "British Bank of the Middle East"
15 October1889 British South Africa Company
8 February1890 Institute of Journalists
21 October1890 National Rifle Association
21 October1890 Rossall School
21 October1890 St. Peter's College, Radley
22 November1890 Newspaper Press Fund
22 November1890 Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital
9 May1891 Royal Provident Fund for Sea Fishermen Charter surrendered 1995
30 July1891 Chartered Institute of Patent Agents
28 June1892 Royal Free Hospital
5 August1892 Governors of the Buchanan Retreat
16 May1893 Royal British Nurses Association
23 November1893 University of Wales
23 November1893 Royal College of Organists
1894 West London Hospital
11 May1895 National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
26 November1897 Queen Victoria Clergy Fund
3 February1897 Library Association "Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals"
19 May1898Corporation of the Cranleigh and Bramley Schools
19 May1898 Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada
9 August1898 Royal Blind Asylum and School, Edinburgh
7 March1899 League of Mercy Royal Charter surrendered June 1947. [2]
7 March1899 St. Andrew's Ambulance Association
14 July1899 Grand Antiquity Society of Glasgow
7 October1899 Iron and Steel Institute
7 October1899 British Home and Hospital for Incurables
3 March1900 University of Birmingham
17 September1900 City and Guilds of London Institute
17 September1900 Great Northern Central Hospital "Royal Northern Hospital"
26 November1900 Governors of the Peabody Donation Fund
11 June1902 Carnegie Trustees for the Universities of Scotland
26 July1902 British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies
15 September1902 Weavers Society of Anderston
20 October1902 Chartered Institute of Secretaries of Joint Stock Companies and other Public Bodies "Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators"
19 November1902 Royal Economic Society
16 February1903 Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Incurables
16 February1903 Royal Society for Home Relief to Incurables, Edinburgh
9 July1903 Victoria University of Manchester "University of Manchester"
9 July1903 University of Liverpool
9 July1903 Chartered Society of Queen Square Surrendered
10 August1903 University College of Nottingham "University of Nottingham"
11 February1904 Royal Numismatic Society
21 April1904 University of Leeds
15 July1904 West India Committee
10 August1904 British Cotton Growing Association
1904 Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
29 May1905 University of Sheffield
11 July1905 Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
7 August1905 Liverpool Royal Infirmary
11 May1906 British and Foreign School Society
30 June1906 Institute of Directors
1 December1906 Hull Royal Infirmary
11 February1907 Royal Warrant Holders Association
1 March1907 National Museum of Wales
1 March1907 National Library of Wales
1 June1907 Society of Chemical Industry
6 July1907 Imperial College of Science and Technology "Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine"
2 November1907 Royal Society of South Africa
1 August1908 British Red Cross Society
21 December1908 Bedford College for Women Since 1985 called Royal Holloway and Bedford New College. Now governed by Royal Holloway and Bedford New College Act 1985
17 May1909 University of Bristol
10 August1909 Royal British Colonial Society of Artists
22 April1910 Cancer Hospital (Free) "Royal Marsden Hospital"
13 October1910Association of Deacons of the Fourteen Incorporated Trades of Glasgow
28 November1910 Institution of Naval Architects "Royal Institution of Naval Architects"
23 January1911 Royal United Kingdom Beneficent Association
25 May1911 Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers "Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers"
16 December1911 Boy Scouts Association "Scout Association"
17 January1912 Chartered Insurance Institute
14 May1912 King Edward the Seventh Welsh National Memorial Association
14 June1912 British School at Rome
16 December1912 King Edward VII Sanatorium "King Edward VII Hospital"
11 February1913 Paton Trust
11 February1913 Faculty of Surveyors of Scotland
24 June1913 Zoological Society of Scotland "Royal Zoological Society of Scotland"
14 October1913 Royal Asylum of Montrose
14 October1913 Montrose Royal Infirmary
30 March1914 Liverpool Merchants Guild
7 January1915 Institution of Mining Engineers
7 January1915 Institution of Mining and Metallurgy
2 June1915 University of Tasmania
23 May1916 School of Oriental Studies, London Institution "School of Oriental and African Studies"
7 September1916 The Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves "The Society for the Promotion of Nature Conservation" "The Royal Society for Nature Conservation" "Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts"C97
16 November1916Imperial Trust for the encouragement of Scientific and Industrial Research
30 March1917 Newnham College, Cambridge
14 April1917 British Trade Corporation
10 May1917 Imperial War Graves Commission "Commonwealth War Graves Commission"
19 May1917 Carnegie United Kingdom Trustees
27 November1917Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End
14 January1919Carnegie Dunfermline and Hero Fund Trustees
24 February1919 Incorporation of Cordiners in Glasgow
15 April1919 Representative Body of the Church in Wales
30 May1919 Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau
30 May1919 Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables, Putney "Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability"
9 December1919 Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers
9 December1919 University College of Swansea "Swansea University" 30 August 2007
20 December1919 King George's Fund for Sailors
20 December1919 Lord Kitchener National Memorial Fund
11 March1920 Leicester Royal Infirmary
25 March1920 Medical Research Council
25 March1920 Forestry Commissioners
17 May1920 Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom
17 May1920 Chartered Society of Massage and Medical Gymnastics "Chartered Society of Physiotherapy"
28 June1920 Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
13 October1920 St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington
22 April1921 United Services Fund
10 June1921 Officers Association
14 July1921Medical College of St. Bartholomew's Hospital in the City of London
10 August1921 Institution of Electrical Engineers
11 October1921Empire Forestry Association"Commonwealth Forestry Association"
11 October1921Empire Cotton Growing Corporation"Cotton Research Corporation"
7 November1921Institute of British Foundrymen"Institute of Cast Metals Engineers"
13 December1921Royal Liverpool Seamen's Orphan Institution
6 February1922Royal Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children
3 March1922Royal Victoria College, Montreal
3 March1922Over-Seas League"Royal Over-Seas League"
1 April1922Royal Naval Benevolent Trust (Grand Fleet and Kindred Funds)
5 May1922Incorporation of Architects in Scotland"Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland"
20 June1922St. John's Foundation School
10 August1922College of Estate Management
6 December1922 Toc H (Incorporated) "Toc H"
6 December1922Girl Guides Association"The Guide Association"
29 January1923Institution of Royal Engineers
12 March1923British Institute of Florence
27 March1923Royal Manchester College of Music
4 May1923Confederation of British Industry
4 May1923Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Hospital
26 June1923Cardiff Royal Infirmary
26 June1923Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital
11 October1923Dover College
21 March1924London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
25 June1924Royal Life Saving Society
25 July1924Girton College, Cambridge
6 February1925 The Textile Institute
17 March1925 British Legion "Royal British Legion"
12 October1925League of Nations Union
12 October1925 London Playing Fields Society
12 October1925Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon"Royal Shakespeare Theatre", then "Royal Shakespeare Company'"
16 December1925The Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association - Forces HelpC141
1 February1926 University of Reading
25 February1926 Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford"Lady Margaret College, Oxford"
25 February1926 St Hilda's College, Oxford
25 February1926 Birkbeck College
25 February1926Royal Medico-Psychological Association"Royal College of Psychiatrists"
30 April1926 Somerville College, Oxford
1 June1926Royal Masonic Institution for Boys
1 June1926The Mothers Union
28 June1926Royal Institute of International Affairs
28 June1926 St Hugh's College, Oxford
5 November1926Institute of Transport"Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport"
5 November1926Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture
20 November1926British Broadcasting Corporation
14 December1926National Police Fund
6 February1928 National Association of Colliery Managers
22 March1928 British Association for the Advancement of Science
22 March1928 Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
13 July1928College of Nursing"Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom"
1 -August1928Royal Victoria Hospital, Dundee
20 November1928London Homeopathic Hospital
20 November1928National Art Collection Fund
21 December1928Malvern College
29 January1929Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital
1 March1929Howard Leopold Davis Scholarships Trust
21 March1929British Engineering Standards Association"British Standards Institution"
7 May1929Land Agent's Society
10 May1929Indian Church Trustees
10 May1929Institution of Gas Engineers
5 July1929National Radium Trust
5 July1929Institute of HygieneRoyal Institute of Public Health merged with Royal Society for the Promotion of Health and petitioned for a new charter of incorporation under the name of The Royal Society for Public Health (11 June 2008)
17 December1929King George Hospital at Ilford
20 January1930Royal Society for the Relief of Indigent Gentlewomen of Scotland
28 March1930Institution of Mechanical Engineers
28 July1930King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers, Sister Agnes Founder
28 July1930 Honourable Company of Master Mariners
28 July1930Oundle School
28 July1930East Ham Memorial Hospital
18 December1930Welsh National School of Medicine"University of Wales College of Medicine"
20-Mar1931Imperial Service College
27 March1931National Central Library
29 June1931Agricultural Research Council"Agricultural & Food Research Council"
29 June1931British Postgraduate Medical School"Royal Postgraduate Medical School"
1 October1931Glasgow Fishmongers Company
7 October1931Australian Chemical Institute"Royal Australian Chemical Institute"
7 October1931Royal Seamen's Pension Fund
11 February1932Universities China Committee in London
15 December1932 National Playing Fields Association
16 March1933Institute of Marine Engineers
25 May1933London Library
26 June1933Westfield College, London
26 June1933Company of Newspaper Makers
22 March1934Institution of Structural Engineers
9 November1934Queen Mary College
20 December1934City of London Maternity Hospital
21 February1935Cheltenham Ladies College
6 June1935Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution
13 August1935Institution of Engineers (India)
20 December1935Royal Academy of Dancing"Royal Academy of Dance"
27 October1936Children's Aid Society
13 April1937Worshipful Company of Basketmakers
29 July1937General Infirmary at Leeds
24 February1938Institution of Engineers Australia
15 March1938Institution of Automobile Engineers
4 November1938London (Royal Free Hospital) School of Medicine for Women"Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine"
25 November1938Roedean School
25 May1939National Association of Boy's Clubs"NABC - Clubs for Young People"
25 July1939Imperial Cancer Research Fund
19 September1940British Council
30 May1941Australian Red Cross Society
26 June1946King's School, Canterbury
26 June1946Worshipful Company of Carmen
10 July1946The Arts Council of Great BritainIn 1994 split in three: The Arts Council of England Scottish Arts Council Arts Council of WalesC159
10 July1946Institute of Fuel(1) Institute of Energy (6 February 1979) (2) Institute of Energy merged with Institute of Petroleum now called "Energy Institute" (8 May 2003)
29 January1947Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
10 March1947British Postgraduate Medical Federation
28 October1947Scottish National War Memorial Trustees
28 October1947Officers Families Fund
13 November1947Auctioneers' and Estate Agents' Institute
9 July1948University of Nottingham
13 September1948 Wye College
13 September1948 Institution of Municipal Engineers
25 October1948British and Foreign Bible Society
22 December1948Royal Aeronautical Society
22 December1948University College of the West Indies"University of the West Indies"
4 March1949Nature Conservancy
4 March1949National Institute for the Blind(1) "Royal National Institute for the Blind" (2)"Royal National Institute of Blind People"
30 June1949University College of North Staffordshire"University of Keele"
25 November1949Railway Benevolent Institution
31 March1950Royal Alfred Merchant Seamen's Society"Royal Alfred Seafarers' Society"
25 April1950Women's Royal Naval Service Benevolent Trust
25 April1950Standards Association of Australia
9 October1950National Oceanographic Council
9 October1950University College of Leicester"University of Leicester"
8 December1950Worshipful Company of Musicians
21 December1950Campbell College, Belfast
1 November1951Ceylon Red Cross Society"Sri Lanka Red Cross Society"
14 November1951Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion
24 March1952University of Southampton
9 April1952School of Pharmacy, University of London
29 April1952 St Anne's College, Oxford
29 July1952Royal Masonic Institution for Girls
25 November1952Principal and Governors of Queen Elizabeth College
04-Dec1952Royal Air Forces Association
1 April1953 St Antony's College, Oxford
30 April1953Faculty of Radiologists"Royal College of Radiologists"
20 Jan1954Australian Academy of Science
13 May1954 University of Hull
15 July1954Royal Naval Association
21 December1954 Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford
10 February1955University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
7 April1955Cuddesdon Theological College"Ripon College Cuddesdon"
7 April1955Seafarers Education Service
29 July1955Manchester College of Science and Technology"University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology" and has now changed to "University of Manchester"
29 July1955Company of Farmers of the City of London
29 July1955Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
28 October1955 University of Exeter
9 October1956 Royal Ballet
15 February1957 St Edmund Hall, Oxford
22 February1957Institution of Chemical Engineers
15 March1957University of Leicester
17 May1957City of London Solicitor's Company
23 August1957English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth
19 February1958British Institute of Radiology
14 Mar1958 Nuffield College, Oxford
07-May1958National Institute for Research in Nuclear Science
21 November1958Institute of Municipal Treasurers and Accountants"Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy"
19 December1958Royal Humane Society
15 June1959Town Planning Institute"Royal Town Planning Institute"
21 December1959Fourah Bay College - The University College of Sierra Leone
8 April1960National Army Museum
3 August1960Churchill College, Cambridge
26 October1960Westcott House, Cambridge
2 August1961University of Sussex
2 August1961British Institution of Radio Engineers"Institute of Electronic and Radio Engineers"
24 October1961Royal Archaeological Institute
24 October1961 St Peter's College, Oxford
6 December1961University of Keele
21 December1961Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters
26 February1962University of the West Indies
2 October1962Magistrates Association
28 November1962Library Association of Australia
26 March1963Society of Dyers and Colourists
2 May1963Royal Society of St. George
30 May1963Association of Commonwealth Universities
29 July1963 University of York
29 July1963 St Catherine's College, Oxford
29 July1963 Animal Health Trust
27 November1963University of East Anglia
27 November1963University of Basutoland, the Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland"University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland"
26 March1964Institution of Production Engineers"Institution of Manufacturing Engineers"
23 June1964University of Strathclyde
23 June1964Liverpool Medical Institution
27 July1964University of Lancaster
27 July1964Council for National Academic Awards
20 November1964University of Kent at Canterbury"The University of Kent"4 October 2010C388
20 November1964University of Essex
29 January1965University of Warwick
26 February1965Science Research Council"Science and Engineering Research Council"
26 February1965British Psychological Society
4 May1965Natural Environment Research Council
3 August1965Council of Engineering Institutions
3 August1965London Mathematical Society
29 October1965The Social Science Research Council"The Economic and Social Research Council"C73
31 January1966Heriot-Watt University
24 February1966Loughborough University of Technology
10 March1966University of Aston in Birmingham
6 April1966City University
9 June1966Brunel University
28 July1966University of Surrey
28 July1966Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
20 September1966University of Bradford
20 September1966Bath University of Technology"University of Bath"
10 February1967University of Salford
28 June1967University of Dundee
28 July1967Royal College of Art
23 August1967Australian Boy Scouts Association
10 October1967Institution of Radio and Electronic Engineers, Australia
13 November1967University of Stirling
13 November1967University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology
22 March1968Royal African Society
23 April1969The Open University
25 June1969Australian Academy of the Humanities for the Advancement of Scholarship in Language, Literature, History, Philosophy and the Fine Arts
31 July1969Australian Institute of Building
28 November1969 Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
28 November1969Cranfield Institute of Technology"Cranfield University"
19 December1969Royal College of Pathologists
4 February1970Jockey Club (incorporating the National Hunt Committee)
4 February1970University of the South Pacific
28 July1970New University of Ulster
30 September1970Institute of Physics
11 March1971Heythrop College
22 December1971Chelsea College, University of London
22 December1971The Sports CouncilIn 1996 split to become "The United Kingdom Sports Council" and "The English Sports Council"C319
22 December1971Scottish Sports Council
22 December1971Sports Council for Wales
28 June1972New Hall, Cambridge
23 October1972Royal College of General Practitioners
24 October1973Anglo-German Foundation for the study of Industrial Society
16 October1974Association of Certified Accountants"Association of Chartered Certified Accountants"
12 February1975Institute of Cost and Management Accountants"Chartered Institute of Management Accountants"
12 February1975Institution of Metallurgists"Institute of Materials" then to "The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining"
18 March1975Institute of Measurement and Control
12 November1975College of Law
17 March1976Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers under title of "Chartered Institution of Building Services"
19 May1976Design Council
19 May1976Society of Industrial Artists and Designers"The Chartered Society of Designers"
9 June1976Darwin College, Cambridge
15 September1976Institute of Bankers in Scotland"Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland"
27 October1976Wolfson College, Cambridge
15 November1977University College, London
25 April1978Carnegie Trustees for the Universities of Scotland (new)
6 February1979Institute of Arbitrators
14 March1979Building Societies Institute
14 March1979Institute of BiologySociety of Biology
13 February1980King's College, London
19 March1980Royal Society of Chemistry (amalgamation between Royal Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Society)
28 July1980Institute of Building"Chartered Institute of Building"
18 February1981 Wolfson College, Oxford
28 October1981Engineering Council
10 February1982Institute of Foresters
11 February1983University of Buckingham
22 June1983British Film Institute
18 May1983Crafts Council
20 April1984 Fellowship of Engineering "Royal Academy of Engineering"
11 April1984Industrial Society"The Work Foundation"
25 June1984Institute of Housing"Chartered Institute of Housing"
25 June1984Institution of Environmental Health Officers"Chartered Institute of Environmental Health"
31 July1984University of Ulster
31 July1984 British Computer Society
12 September1984 Clare Hall, Cambridge
30 October1984 Robinson College, Cambridge
5 June1986 Linacre College, Oxford
8 July1986London Graduate School of Business Studies
25 November1986Museums and Galleries Commission
10 February1987Institute of Bankers(1) "Chartered Institute of Bankers" (2) "ifs School of Finance"
10 June1987University of London Institute of Education
23-Mar1988College of Ophthalmologists
27 April1988Motability
7 February1989Institute of Marketing"The Chartered Institute of Marketing"
2 August1989Queen Mary and Westfield College
19 December1989Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind
1 November1989Goldsmiths College, University of London
7 June1990The Institute of Mathematics and it Applications
26 June1990Royal Star and Garter Homes for Disabled Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen
21 May1991The Henley Management CollegeC617
11 February1992Royal College of AnaesthetistsC417
15 July1992The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & SupplyC393
16 December1993The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council29 March 1994C714
16 December1993The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council29 April 1994C715
16 December1993Particle Physics and Astronomy Research CouncilSurrendered 14 November 2007C716
8 February1994The Arts Council of EnglandC938
8 February1994The Scottish Arts CouncilCharter revoked by the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 - 1 July 2010C723
8 February1994The Arts Council of Wales30 March 1994C722
15 March1994The Institute of Taxation"The Chartered Institute of Taxation"C377
14 December1994The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental ManagementC663
14 December1994Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research CouncilSurrenderedC739
11 April1995The Principal and Fellows of Mansfield College in the University of Oxford – known as Mansfield College, Oxford C392
11 April1995The President, Fellows and Students of Templeton College in the University of Oxford – known as Green Templeton College, Oxford "The Principal, Fellows and Students of Green Templeton College in the University of Oxford"C674
28 June1995The College of OptometristsC20
23 November1995The Principal and Fellows of The Manchester Academy and Harris College in the University of Oxford – known as Manchester College, Oxford C733
13 March1996Cardiff County Council
23 July1996English Sports CouncilC808
23 July1996The United Kingdom Sports CouncilC937
23 July1996College of Paediatrics and Child Health"Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health"C690
23 July1996Borough of North East Lincolnshire
26 June1997The Landscape Institute22 August 1997C661
22 July1997The President and Fellows of Lucy Cavendish College in the University of Cambridge – known as Lucy Cavendish College575
22 July1997Brighton and Hove Council
11 February1998Medway Town Council
11 February1998Historic Royal Palaces6 March 1998C777
22 April1998The Master, Fellows and Scholars of St. Edmund's College in the University of Cambridge – known as St Edmund's College, Cambridge6 July 1998C753
15 October1998North Lincolnshire District Council
12 October1999The Prince's TrustC786
24 November1999The Royal Air Force Benevolent FundC364
8 February2000Chartered Institute of Personnel and DevelopmentC210
12 July2000The Royal Environmental Health Institute of ScotlandC696
11 April2001The Institution of Incorporated EngineersC789
11 December2001Chartered Institution of Wastes ManagementC590
12 February2002Chartered Management InstituteC812
12 February2002 Telford and the Wrekin Borough Council
26 June2002The Institution of Occupational Safety and HealthC647
12 June2003The Science CouncilC811
11 February2004The Worshipful Company of Engineers C813
11 February2004The Worshipful Company of Paviors C836
8 May2004 Society for the Environment C832
27 July2004 The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain C826
13 October2004 The Association for Science Education C816
16 December2004The Arts and Humanities Research Council C892
9 February2005The Chartered Institute of Public Relations C383
7 May2005The Worshipful Company of Water Conservators C850
7 May2005 Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists C746
19 July2005The Chartered Institute of Linguists 19 September 2006C616
14 December2005 The Duke of Edinburgh's Award 31 March 2006C856
19 July2006The Chartered Quality Institute 23 November 2006C475
19 July2006Elizabeth Phillips Hughes Hall, Cambridge – known as Hughes Hall, Cambridge 23 November 2006C862
5 September2006 English Association 1 December 2006C846
10 October2006 Historical Association 15 December 2006C863
14 November2006The Royal Institute of Navigation 22 February 2007C865
14 November2006 Wokingham Borough 1 March 2007
7 February2007The Technology Strategy Board 27 March 2007C872
7 February2007The Science and Technology Facilities Council 27 March 2007C901
25 July2007 The Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors 2 April 2008C861
25 July2007The Worshipful Company of Management Consultants4 October 2007C877
10 October2007The Worshipful Company of International BankersC866
10 October2007The Society for Radiological Protection10 December 2007C833
12 December2007The College of Emergency Medicine20 February 2008C822
12 February2008The Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering30 June 2008C864
12 February2008The Worshipful Company of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators24 June 2008C871
11 June2008The Royal Society for Public Health 23 October 2008C907
9 July2008 The King's Fund 4 November 2008C881
10 December2008Cheshire West and Chester Borough1 April 2009
10 December2008West Lancashire Borough20 May 2009
10 December2008Cheshire East Borough1 April 2009
18 March2009Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors2 September 2009C582
13-May2009The Worshipful Company of Actuaries 4 September 2009C904
8 July2009The Worshipful Company of Tax Advisers 9 October 2009C880
8 July2009 Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment C913
15 October2009 Worshipful Company of Security Professionals 15 February 2010C917
15 October2009The Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation 7 December 2009C124
17 November2009The Principal, Fellows and Scholars of Homerton College in the University of Cambridge – known as Homerton College 11 March 2010C915
10 February2010The Worshipful Company of Constructors 27 April 2010C919
10 February2010The Worshipful Company of Launderers 17 June 2010C923
10 February2010 Institute of Internal Auditors - UK and Ireland 24 June 2010C914
10 February2010 Worshipful Company of Information Technologists 16 June 2010C903
17 March2010 The Firefighters Memorial Trust 4 October 2010C920
12 April2010The Worshipful Company of Marketors 22 September 2010C918
21 July2010 Basildon Council 990(318)
21 July2010The Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners C927
10 November2010 Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals 11 March 2011C926
16 March2011 Worshipful Company of Arbitrators 24 April 2012C928
7 April2011 Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity 5 October 2011C884
8 June2011 Worshipful Company of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales 6 September 2012C496
13 July2011 Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies 20 April 2012C916
12 October2011 Chartered Institute of Legal Executives 30 January 2012C122
12 October2011 Institution of Engineering Designers 30 January 2012C707
30 May2012 Worshipful Company of Builders Merchants 5th September 2012C933
30 May2012 Worshipful Company of Lightmongers 4 September 2012C868
10 July2012The Association of Corporate Treasurers Came into legal effect 1 January 20131 November 2012C768
17 October2012The British Occupational Hygiene Society 20 December 2012C749
7 November2012The College of Chiropractors "The Royal College of Chiropractors"14 March 2013C809
7 November2012 Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management Came into legal effect 1 April 201328 March 2013C752
12 December2012 Marylebone Cricket Club Came into legal effect 1 July 201310 June 2013C947
15 May2013The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 26 July 2013C951
15 May2013 Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers 19 August 2013C956
15 May2013The Worshipful Livery Company of Wales 6 September 2013C731
15 May2013 Worshipful Company of Hackney Carriage Drivers 10 October 2013C952
10 July2013 Chartered Association of Building Engineers 1 November 2013C912
13 June2013The Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors 2 December 2013C943
13 July2013 Worshipful Company of World Traders
30 October2013 Recognition Panel 12 December 2013C963
11 December2013 Worshipful Company of Firefighters [3]
26 May2021 Worshipful Company of Fletchers [4]

Kingdom of England

13th and 14th century

see table above.

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16th century

1500-1549

1550-1599

17th century

1600s

1610s

1620s

1630s

1660s

1670s

1680s

1690s

18th century

1700s

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16th century

Kingdom of Great Britain

18th century

1700s

1710s

1720s

1730s

1740s

1750s

1760s

1770s

1780s

1790s

19th century

1800s

United Kingdom

19th century

1800s

1810s

1820s

1830s

1840s

1850s

1860s

1870s

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