Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 17-Nov 1155 Weavers Company
1231 University of Cambridge
1248 University of Oxford
1272 Saddlers Company
28-May 1284 Peterhouse, Cambridge
10-Mar 1326 Merchant Taylors Company
1-Mar 1327 Skinners Company
6-Mar 1327 Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London
1327 Goldsmiths Company
6-Aug 1348 Dean and Canons of Windsor 1348 Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
30-Jun 1379 New College, Oxford
1382 Winchester College
13-Jan 1393 Mercers Company
4-Dec 1416 Cutlers Company
16-Feb 1428 Grocers Company
22-Feb 1437 Brewers Company
23-Aug 1437 Vintners Company
26-Apr 1439 Cordwainers Company
1444 Leathersellers Company The Wardens and Society of the Mistery or Art of the Leathersellers of the City of London (Charter 1604)
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 1448 Queen's College of St Margaret and St Bernard, Cambridge Commonly known as
"Queens' College, Cambridge"
8-May 1453 Armourers Company 17.06.1708 Company of Armourers and Brasiers in the City of London
13-Oct 1457 Magdalen College, Oxford
8-Mar 1462 Tallow Chandlers Company
1462 Barbers Company
20-Mar 1463 Ironmongers Company
16-Feb 1471 Dyers Company
20-Jan 1473 Pewterers Company Commonly known as "Worshipful Company of Pewterers"
1474 Corporation of Blacksmith's of Dublin
16-Aug 1475 St. Catharine's College, Cambridge
7-Jul 1477 Carpenters Company
16-Feb 1484 The Wax Chandlers Company "Master, Wardens and Commonalty of the Art or Mistery of Wax Chandlers" commonly known as "Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers"
1496 Jesus College, Cambridge
10-Mar 1501 Plaisterers Company
29-Apr 1501 Coopers Company
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 23-Feb 1504 Poulters Company
22-Jul 1509 Bakers Company
15-Jan 1512 Brasenose College, Oxford
1517 Corpus Christi College, Oxford
23-Sep 1518 Royal College of Physicians of London
18-Jan 1528 Clothworkers Company
1532 Bristol Grammar School 5-Oct 1536 Corporation of Trinity House - Newcastle upon Tyne
25-Aug 1537 Honourable Artillery Company
1541 Kings School Ely
19-Jan 1542 College of Christ of Brecknock
1542 Magdalene College, Cambridge
23-Jul 1545 King Henry VIII School, Coventry
1545 Warwick School 1547 Trinity College, Cambridge
1547 Norwich School 13-Jan 1547 Bethlem Hospital 13-Jan 1547 Saint Bartholomew's Hospital
1549 Pembroke College, Cambridge
13-May 1550 Sherborne School
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 1550 The Superintendent and Ministers of the Church of the Germans
and other Foreigners of the foundation of Edward VI in the City of London
Was known as 'Strangers Church'. Successor bodies - The Dutch and French Protestant Churches of London
12-Aug 1551 St. Thomas's Hospital 14-May 1552 Sedbergh School 17-Jun 1552 King Edward VI Grammar School, Stourbridge
12-Jul 1552 King Edwards School at Bath
18-Dec 1552 Society of Merchant Venturers of Bristol 1552 Bedford School 1552 King Edwards School, Birmingham
25-Apr 1552 King Edward VI Free Grammar School (King's School), Macclesfield
(1) The Governors of the Possessions, Revenues and Goods of the Free Grammar School of King Edward VI
(2) Foundation of Sir John Percyvale in Macclesfield of 1502, refounded by King Edward VI in 1552 17/07/2009
26-May 1553 Giggleswick School 26-Jun 1553 Bridewell Hospital
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 26-Jun 1553 Christs Hospital Governors of the
property of King Edward VI's hospitals of Christ, Bridewell and St Thomas Apostle
1553 King Edward VI Grammar School, Southampton
1553 Tonbridge School 1554 Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall
15-Jul 1555 College of Arms
1555 Muscovy Company
1555 St. John Baptist College, Oxford
7-Jul 1556 Charity of the Priest and Poor of Ginge Petre in the County of Essex
4-May 1557 Stationers Company "Stationers and Newspapers Makers Company"
5-Jul 1558 Brentwood School 21-May 1560 The Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter in
Westminster 28-Feb 1561 Governor and Supervisors of the Free School and Almshouses
of the City of Worcester (Charter perpetuated by Letters Patent of Queen Victoria 27 April 1843)
1) Royal Grammar School Worcester
2) Queen Elizabeth Almshouses Worcester
1561 Kingston Grammar School, Kingston upon Thames
25-Oct 1561 Broderers Company
1562 St. Olave's and St. Saviours Grammar School 15-Jun 1563 Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Darlington
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 1565 Exeter College, Oxford
1565 Highgate School 1567 Queen Elizabeth's Grammer School, Blackburn
3-Aug 1568 Tylers' and Bricklayers' Company
12-Oct 1568 Girdlers Company
14-Apr 1570 Joiners Company
1571 Blacksmith's Company
1571 Harrow School 27-Jun 1571 Jesus College, Oxford
9-Feb 1573 University College, Oxford
1574 Cranbrook School 25-Nov 1574 Queen Elizabeth's College, Greenwich
1576 Sutton Valence School 1577 Spanish Company
19-Jun 1578 Haberdashers Company
1579 Eastland Company
1579 Turkey Company of London
19-Jul 1581 Painter Stainers Company
1584 Uppingham School 1585 Queen's College, Oxford
1591 Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield
1594 Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
3-May 1597 Hospital of St. John the Evangelist and St. Anne in Oakham
29-Nov 1599 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 22-Mar 1600 Royal Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1600 East India Company
1603 Oriel College, Oxford
1603 Hostmen Company of Freemen of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
30-Aug 1603 The Fishmongers' Company
17-Dec 1603 Bishop Auckland Grammar School 2-Aug 1604 Feltmakers Company
29-Aug 1605 Woodmongers Company
16-Sep 1605 Butchers Company
18-Sep 1605 Gardeners Company
9-Jan 1606 Fruiterers Company
19-Jan 1606 The Drapers' Company
30-Apr 1605 Curriers Company "Worshipful Company of Curriers"
15-May 1607 Salters Company
1610 Newfoundland Company
12-Apr 1611 Plumbers Company
22-Jun 1611 Sutton's Hospital in Charterhouse
20-Dec 1611 Wadham College, Oxford
1611 French Company
1612 Bermuda Company Annullled 1684
13-Sep 1612 Don Baudains (Jersey) 1613 Honourable Irish Society
18-Sep 1614 Founders Company
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 1615 Wilson's Grammar School
28-Jan 1617 Scriveners Company
6-Dec 1617 Society of Apothecaries of London
21-Jun 1619 Dulwich College
21-Jun 1619 New River Company
9-Jun 1621 Brown Bakers Company
1621 Bowyers Company
13-May 1622 Starch Makers Company
1624 Pembroke College, Oxford
14-Jun 1626 Upholders Company
22-Oct 1628 Playing Card Makers Company
16-May 1629 Spectacle Makers Company The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers
1629 Massachusetts Company
3-Jul 1630 Sion College
8-Jul 1631 Sackville College, East Grinstead
22-Aug 1631 Clockmakers Company
6-Jan 1634 Thomas Parsons' Charity The Governors of the Lands and Possessions of the Poor of Ely (also known as "Parsons' Charity")
4-Apr 1636 Comb Makers Company
20-Aug 1636 Pinmakers Company
14-Mar 1637 Gunmakers Company
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 12-Jan 1638 Horners Company
22-May 1638 Soap Makers Company
9-Aug 1638 Distillers Company
6-Nov 1638 Glaziers Company
10-Sep 1638 Glovers Company
1639 Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks
10-Nov 1656 Needlemakers Company
13-Jun 1657 Frame Work Knitters Company
28-Nov 1661 Glass Sellers Company
20-Jan 1662 Royal African Company
7-Feb 1662 New England Company
15-Jul 1662 Royal Society
1662 Bradford Grammar School 16-Feb 1663 Cooks Company
21-Dec 1663 Innholders Company
17-Mar 1664 Canary Company
30-Jun 1664 Royal Scottish Corporation
1-Dec 1664 Hat-Band Makers Company
18-May 1666 Broadweavers and Clothiers Company of Coventry
3-Feb 1670 Wheelwrights Company
2-May 1670 Hudsons Bay Company
2-Aug 1670 Pattenmakers Company
29-Dec 1670 Tin Plate Workers Company
18-Nov 1672 Trinity House in Kingston-upon-Hull
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 17-Jan 1674 Master, Wardens, Assistants and Commonalty of the Company
of Farryers of London "Worshipful Company of Farriers"
31-May 1677 Coachmakers Company
17-Dec 1677 Masons Company
1-Jul 1678 Governors for the Charity for Relief of the Poor Widows and Children of Clergymen (k/a Clergy Support Trust)
1) "Charity for Relief of the Poor Widows and Children of Clergymen" 2) "Sons and Friends of the Clergy" 3) "Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy"
19-Oct 1681 Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh
8-Jul 1685 The Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond
16-Jun 1693 Gold and Silver Wyre Drawer's Company
27-Jul 1694 Bank of England
16-Jun 1701 Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (1) "United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel" (2) "The United Society"
15-Jul 1703 Tanners Company of Bermondsey
6-Mar 1704 The Royal Company of Archers
26-Apr 1704 Company of the Mine Adventurers of England
3-Nov 1704 Queen Anne's Bounty
19-Apr 1706 Grey Coat Hospital in Tothill Fields of the Foundation of Queen Anne
27-Jul 1706 Amicable Society for a perpetual Assurance Office
22-Dec 1707 Charitable Corporation for the relief of the Industrious Poor
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 19-Apr 1709 Fanmakers Company
25-May 1709 Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge
23-May 1711 Blanket Weavers in Witney, Oxfordshire
8-Sep 1711 South Sea Company
3-Dec 1711 Loriners Company
29-Jul 1714 Worcester College, Oxford
1718 Greenwich Hospital Dissolved by Act of Parliament 22 May 1829
24-Jul 1718 The Governor and Directors of the Hospital for Poor French Protestants and their Descendants Residing in Great Britain "The French Protestant Hospital".
Known as "The French Hospital" 10 June 2015
27-Jul 1719 Music Society for Carrying on Operas and other entertainments
22-Jun 1720 London Assurance
22-Jun 1720 Royal Exchange Assurance
8-Mar 1723 Chelsea Waterworks Company
21-Nov 1724 Equivalent Company
31-May 1727 Royal Bank of Scotland Ltd
31-Jul 1729 Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Halifax
23-Oct 1729 Company for working Mines etc. in Scotland
17-Oct 1739 Foundling Hospital "Thomas Coram Foundation for Children"
27-Aug 1740 Hertford College, Oxford
28-Apr 1741 Charity for the Relief of the Widows and Children of the Clergy of Norwich and Norfolk
Surrendered 25 July 2007
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 13-Apr 1742 Charity for the Relief of the Widows and Children of the Clergy of
Suffolk 25-Jun 1742 Orphan Hospital and Workhouse at Edinburgh
5-Jul 1746 British Linen Bank
29-Apr 1747 Governors of the Charity for the relief of the poor Widows and Orphans of Beneficed Clergymen or having Curacys in the County of Essex the Deanery of Braughing and Archdeaconry of St. Albans, County of Hertford and Diocese of London
Incorporation dissolved by Essex and Herts Clergy Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1917
14-Jul 1748 Excise Incorporation in Scotland
11-Oct 1750 Society of the Free British Fishery
2-Nov 1751 Society of Antiquaries of London
9-Dec 1758 London Hospital 26-Jan 1765 Society of Artists of Great Britain
8-Jun 1765 Bethel Hospital, Norwich
19-Jun 1773 Carron Company
22-Jun 1768 College of Doctors of Law
1773 Royal Medical Society
27-Jan 1774 Society of Advocates in Aberdeen
24-Mar 1781 Governors of the possessions etc. of the Free Chapel of Hindon within the parish of East Knoyle, Wiltshire
29-Mar 1783 Royal Society of Edinburgh
6-May 1783 Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
15-May 1783 Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
9-Jun 1783 Glasgow Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures
10-Jul 1786 Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures
17-May 1787 Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 26-Aug 1790 Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain
21-Dec 1791 Glasgow Royal Infirmary
9-Jan 1792 Society for the Benefit of Sons and Daughters of the Clergy of the Church of Scotland
6-Mar 1793 Inverness Royal Academy
23-Aug 1793 Society for the Encouragement of Agriculture and Internal Improvement
30-Oct 1794 Christian Faith Society
6-Jun 1796 Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glagow
24-Jan 1797 Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland
29-Jun 1797 Corporation of the Trinity House of Leith
1798 Commercial Buildings Company of Dublin The Company received a Court Order to wind up on 26th July 1938
20-Jun 1798 Naval Knights of Windsor of the foundation of Samuel Travers Esq.
Dissolved by Naval Knights of Windsor (Dissolution) Act 1892
28-Jun 1798 Ayr Academy
13-Jan 1800 Royal Institution of Great Britain
22-Mar 1800 Royal College of Surgeons of England
5-Jul 1800 Sierra Leone Company
22-Sep 1800 Downing College, Cambridge
19-Apr 1801 James Gillespie's Hospital and Free School 26-Mar 1802 Linnean Society of London
12-May 1802 University of King's College, Halifax, Nova Scotia
21-Jan 1807 London Institution for the Advancement of Literature and Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 7-Apr 1807 Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary
6-Apr 1809 Tain Royal Academy
1808 Commercial Buildings Company of Cork The Company was wound up by Order of the Court on 26th April 1948
17-Apr 1809 Royal Horticultural Society
30-Apr 1812 Gaslight and Coke Company Company dissolved 01/05/1949
1813 Greenock Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures "Inverclyde Chamber of Commerce"
23-May 1817 National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church throughout England and Wales
(1) "The National Society (Church of England) for Promoting Religious Education" (2) "The National Society (Church of England and Church in Wales) for the Promotion of Education"
13-Jan 1818 Royal Edinburgh Public Dispensary
19-May 1818 The Royal Literary Fund
8-May 1819 Dundee Royal Infirmary
1820 Faculty of Procurators and Solicitors in Dundee
3-Feb 1821 Royal Incorporation of Hutchesons' Hospital in the City of Glasgow
31-Mar 1821 McGill University, Montreal 24-Nov 1821 Liverpool Royal Institution
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 6-Feb 1824 North British Insurance Company
6-Feb 1824 Edinburgh Academy
11-Aug 1824 Royal Asiatic Society
14-Oct 1824 Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society
1-Nov 1824 Australian Agricultural Company
9-Dec 1824 Glasgow Royal Mental Hospital 23-Apr 1825 Geological Society of London
30-Jul 1825 Incorporated British, Irish and Colonial Silk Company
15-Sep 1825 The Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom
10-Nov 1825 Van Diemen's Land Company
23-Feb 1826 West India Company
28-Jun 1826 University Life Assurance Society
19-Aug 1826 Canada Company
15-Mar 1827 University of Toronto
2-Aug 1827 Society for the management and distribution of the Artists Fund
30-Apr 1827 London Portable Gas Company
6-Feb 1828 Saint David's College "St. David's University College Lampeter"
"The University of Wales, Lampeter"
"University of Wales: Trinity Saint David"
3-Jun 1828 Institution of Civil Engineers
25-Nov 1828 Plymouth Union Bath Compnay
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 27-Mar 1829 Zoological Society of London
14-Aug 1829 King's College London Annulled by King's College London Act 1882
16-Jul 1829 Haytor Granite Mining Company
18-Jan 1830 General Lying in Hospital 25-Jan 1830 Schaw Bequest 19-May 1830 Directors of the Dundee Orphanage Trust The Directors of the
Carolina House Trust 23-Jun 1830 Royal Academy of Music
22-Nov 1830 Mauritius Bank
7-Mar 1831 Royal Astronomical Society
2-Mar 1831 United General Gas Company
5-Aug 1831 Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd
16-May 1832 Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
6-Aug 1832 Cambridge Philosophical Society
20-Feb 1834 New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Land Company
20-Mar 1834 British American Land Company
26-Jul 1834 Wearmouth Dock Company
30-Sep 1834 Royal Medical and Chirugical Society of London "Royal Society of Medicine"
13-Oct 1834 Society for the illustration and encouragement of Practical Science
3-May 1836 The Society of Licensed Victuallers "Licensed Trade Charity"
28-Nov 1836 University of London
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 28-Nov 1836 University College, London
13-Apr 1836 Colonial Bank
11-Jan 1837 The Institute of British Architects The Royal Institute of British Architects' 18/05/1866
1-Jun 1837 University of Durham
7-Jun 1837 Company of Stationers of Glasgow
11-Nov 1837 Millar and Peadie's School 27-Jan 1838 Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Society Charter was repealed
by Section 3 of the Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Society's Act 1902
26-Apr 1838 Royal Naval Benevolent Society
13-Aug 1838 The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
"The Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture"
23-Aug 1838 Polytechnic Institution
6-Sep 1839 Royal Botanic Society of London
10-Apr 1839 Insurance Company of Scotland
26-Aug 1839 Mauritius Commercial Bank
26-Aug 1839 Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
26-Mar 1840 Royal Agricultural Society of England
3-Jan 1840 Bank of British North America
29-Jan 1840 Pacific Steam Navigation Company
1-Aug 1840 Society of Solicitors of Banffshire
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 10-Aug 1840 Bank of Ceylon
11-Sep 1840 Australian Trust Company
11-Sep 1840 West India Bank
10-Nov 1840 The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
12-Feb 1841 New Zealand Company
16-Mar 1841 Bank of Australasia Charter surrendered 1951
26-Apr 1841 Life Association of Scotland
19-Jun 1841 Murdoch's Boys' School 16-Oct 1841 Queens University at Kingston, Ontario
16-Mar 1842 McLachlan's Free School 30-Jun 1842 Artists' General Benevolent Institution
15-Dec 1842 Licensed Victuallers Asylum "Licensed Victuallers National Homes"
Surrenderd 30/5/2012
merged with The Society of Licensed Victuallers
11-Aug 1842 British Plate Glass Company( Granted for one year) 18-Feb 1843 Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain "Royal Pharmaceutical
Society of Great Britain"
17-Jul 1843 Queens College, Birmingham
18-Jan 1844 Ionian Bank
8-Mar 1844 The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 4-Jun 1844 Irish Reproductive Loan Fund Institution
26-Feb 1845 Law Society
21-Aug 1845 Marlborough College
13-Jan 1845 Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada "Toronto and London Investment Company Ltd"
3-Feb 1845 Agricultural College, Cirencester 1880 - Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. 2013 - The Royal Agricultural University
30-Jun 1845 Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes
"Metropolitan Property Association"
8-Aug 1845 Preston Banking Company
1845 Queen's University, Belfast 20-Nov 1845 Smyrna Bank
18-Mar 1846 Trust Company
6-Apr 1846 British Whale and Seal Fishery Company
19-May 1846 General Mining Association (Nova Scotia and Cape Breton) 30-Oct 1846 Art Union of London
30-Oct 1846 British West India Company
14-Nov 1846 Exchange Bank of Scotland
3-Feb 1847 Royal Society of British Artists
27-Feb 1847 Southern and Western Mining Company of Ireland
20-May 1847 Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. (Royal Society of Arts)
20-May 1847 India and Australia Mail Steam Packet Company
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 17-Jun 1847 Eastern Archipelago Company
17-Jun 1847 Great Southern and Eastern Steam Packet Company
17-Jun 1847 Valentia Slab Company in Ireland
22-Jul 1847 South Australian Banking Company
22-Jul 1847 General Screw Steam Shipping Company
22-Nov 1847 Association for the Promotion of Fine Arts in Scotland
2-Mar 1848 Royal Irish Fisheries Company
2-Mar 1848 Southern Whale Fishery Company
8-May 1848 Governesses Benevolent Institution "School Mistresses and Governesses Benevolent Institution" merged with The Teaching Staff Trust 31 March 2017
27-Jun 1848 Missionary College of Saint Augustine Canterbury "St Augustine's Foundation"
4-Sep 1848 Chemical Society Merged with The Royal Institute of Chemistry to be called "The Royal Society of Chemistrry" 19 March 1980
31-Oct 1848 Irish Amelioration Society
16-Dec 1848 The College of Preceptors 1. "The College of Teachers" 2. "The Chartered College of Teaching"
1-Mar 1849 Warneford Lunatic Asylum (Oxford)
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 1-May 1849 Canterbury Association for Founding a Settlement in New
Zealand 30-Jul 1849 Royal British Bank
5-Sep 1849 Banbury Banking Company
8-Jan 1850 Royal Panopticon of Science and Art 14-Aug 1850 Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851
14-Aug 1850 Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes "1830 Housing Society" 12-Dec 1850 Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
7-Mar 1851 British and Irish Peat Company
14-Apr 1851 Submarine Telegraph Company "Submarine Telegraph Company between Great Britain and the Continent of Europe"
5-May 1851 Educational Institute of Scotland
25-Jun 1851 Eastern Steam Navigation Company
7-Aug 1851 Oriental Bank Corporation
7-Aug 1851 Great Peat Working Company of Ireland
7-Aug 1851 South American and General Steam Navigation Company
23-Oct 1851 Falkland Islands Company
23-Oct 1851 Leith Chamber of Commerce
16-Jul 1852 University of Trinity College, Toronto, Ontario
8-Dec 1852 Laval University, Quebec
2-Feb 1852 Irish Beet Sugar Company
2-Feb 1852 West of Ireland Land Investment Company
5-Mar 1852 Colonial Gold Company
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 5-Mar 1852 Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company
5-Mar 1852 Irish Land Company
5-Apr 1852 English and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company
5-Apr 1852 General Theatrical Fund Association "The Royal Theatrical Fund"
15-May 1852 Irish Submarine Telegraph Company
15-May 1852 English Company for Working Mines in Ireland
15-Jun 1852 Australasian Gold Mining Company
15-Jun 1852 Port Philip and Colonial Gold Mining Company
30-Jun 1852 President and Managers of the Infirmary of Aberdeen
30-Jun 1852 African Steam Ship Company
18-Aug 1852 Liverpool and Australian Navigation Company
18-Aug 1852 Australasian Pacific Mail Steam Packet Company
16-Oct 1852 London Chartered Bank of Australia
10-Nov 1852 Liverpool and African Screw Steam Carrying Company
10-Nov 1852 English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank
28-Dec 1852 Crystal Palace Company
28-Jan 1853 Bishops University, Lennoxville, Quebec
13-Dec 1853 Wellington College
4-Jan 1853 Bucks and Oxon Union Bank
13-Jun 1853 Australian Direct Steam Navigation Company via Panana
13-Jun 1853 British Telegraph Company
13-Jun 1853 East Indian Iron Company
13-Jun 1853 Council and Committee of Queen's College "Queen's College London"
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 13-Jun 1853 International Telegraph Company
19-Aug 1853 Chartered Bank of Asia
19-Aug 1853 Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China "Standard Chartered Bank"
26-Jan 1854 The Friend of the Clergy Known as The Friend of the Clergy Corporation. Amalgamated with 'Poor Clergy Relief Corporation' by Friends of the Clergy Corporation Act 1972 to form "The Friends of the Clergy Corporation"
7-Apr 1854 Marylebone Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes
7-Apr 1854 City of Worcester Association for Building Dwellings for the Labouring Classess
13-Sep 1854 Society of Accountants in Edinburgh "Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland"
18-Oct 1854 London and Eastern Banking Corporation
8-Feb 1855 Institute of Accountants and Actuaries in Glasgow
8-Feb 1855 Australian Mining Company
21-May 1855 Manchester and Salford Baths and Laundries Company
21-May 1855 Bank of London
6-Jun 1855 Colonial Fibre Company
26-Jun 1855 City Bank
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 21-Jul 1855 Salopian Society for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious
Classes 21-Nov 1855 The South Australian Company Surrendered 8/12/1950
7-Dec 1855 President and Managers of the Aberdeen Asylum for the Blind
7-Dec 1855 Bank of Egypt 25-Feb 1856 Unity Joint Stoke Mutual Banking Association
4-Apr 1856 Ottoman Bank
28-Apr 1856 Western Bank of London
28-Apr 1856 London and Paris Joint Stock Bank
7-Feb 1857 Society of Procurators and Solicitors in the City and Country of Perth
12-Jul 1857 Hospital for Women
6-May 1857 Agra and United Service Bank
27-Aug 1857 Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China
3-Feb 1858 University of Sydney
14-Mar 1859 University of Melborne
11-Jan 1859 Royal Geographical Society
18-Apr 1859 Royal Dramatic College
6-Jul 1859 Benevolent Institution for the Relief of Aged and Infirm Journeymen Tailors
23-Sep 1859 National Benevolent Institution, founded by the late Peter Herve 14/12/2011 'National Benevolent Charity'
22-Oct 1859 High School of Dundee
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 23-Jan 1860 Royal United Service Institution "The Royal United
Services Institute for Defence"
"The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies"
7-Mar 1860 Royal National Life Boat Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
"The Royal National Lifeboat Institution"
26-Oct 1860 London and South African Bank
4-Feb 1861 Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1862
5-Aug 1861 Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
20-Nov 1861 Glasgow Art Union
26-Apr 1862 Bank of British Columbia Since 1961 part of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
19-Jul 1862 Salisbury Infirmary
1-Nov 1862 Asylum for Idiots "Royal Earlswood Institution for Mental Defectives"
1-Nov 1862 Saint Andrew's College, Bradfield
3-Feb 1864 Commercial Bank Corporation of India and the East 3-Feb 1864 Asiatic Banking Corporation
3-Feb 1864 Dundee Chamber of Commerce "Dundee and Tayside Chamber of Commerce and Industry"
3-Feb 1864 Royal Orthopaedic Hospital
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 3-Feb 1864 Society for Relief of Widows and Orphans of Medical Men
7-Apr 1864 Natal Native Trust 7-Apr 1864 Department of Science and Art 9-Jul 1864 The Albert Middle Class College in Suffolk
Commonly known as "Framlingham College"
known as "Albert Memorial College"
28-Jul 1864 Haileybury College "Haileybury and Imperial Service College"
1-Nov 1864 Printers' Pension, Almshouse and Orphan Asylum Corporation "Printers' Charitable Corporation" 14/07/14 The Printing Charity
5-Dec 1865 Meteorological Society "Royal Meteorological Society"
24-Mar 1866 Glasgow Magdalene Institution
9-May 1866 Corporation for Middle Class Education in the Metropolis an the Suburbs thereof
26-Jul 1866 Microscopical Society "Royal Microscopical Society"
28-Dec 1866 Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences (Royal Albert Hall) 26-Feb 1867 Preceptor, Patrons and Directors of Baillie's Institution in
Glasgow 4-Mar 1867 Society of Accountants in Aberdeen
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 17-Jun 1867 Poor Clergy Relief Society 1970 - "Poor Clergy
Relief Corporation". Amalgamated with 'Friend of the Clergy Corporation' by Friends of the Clergy Corporation Act 1972 to form "The Friends of the Clergy Corporation"
4-Nov 1867 Association for the Protection of Commercial Interests as respects Wrecked and Damaged Property
"Salvage Association"
surrendered 12/12/2012
30-Jul 1868 Crossley Orphan Home and School "Crossley and Porter Orphan Home and School"
14-Sep 1868 Faculty of Actuaries in Scotland Merged with Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
Surrendered 21/07/2010
4-Jun 1870 Keble College, Oxford
6-Jul 1871 Incorporated Lay Body of the Church of England in Jamaica
17-Mar 1875 Royal Veterinary College
13-May 1875 Dundee Royal Lunatic Asylum
27-Jun 1876 University of New Zealand
23-Oct 1876 North England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 7-Feb 1877 Clifton College
11-Jul 1877 University of the Cape of Good Hope "University of South Africa"
18-Mar 1880 Victoria University "Victoria University of Manchester"
24-Mar 1880 Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
2-Mar 1881 University of Adelaide
15-Jul 1881 Surveyors Institution "Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors"
26-Aug 1881 South Wales Institute of Engineers
26-Aug 1881 University College, Liverpool 26-Aug 1881 British North Borneo Company Surrendered
01/03/1954 25-Oct 1881 The Presbyterian Theological Facility, Ireland 29/10/1881 18-Aug 1882 Selwyn College, Cambridge
18-Aug 1882 Royal Colonial Institute "Royal Commonwealth Society"
20-Apr 1883 Royal College of Music
23-Aug 1883 Charing Cross Hospital 12-Dec 1883 Incorporated Society of Law Agents in Scotland "Scottish Law Agents
Society" 26-Jun 1884 St. Paul's Hostel, Cambridge
26-Jun 1884 Institute of Actuaries Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
11-Aug 1884 University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire Cardiff University//Prifysgol Caerdydd'
29-Nov 1884 Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 30-Dec 1884 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-Mar 1885 University College of North Wales "University of Wales, Bangor"
"University of Bangor" (July 2007)
19-May 1885 Queen Charlotte's Lying in Hospital "Queen Charlotte Maternity Hospital"
19-May 1885 The Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain and Ireland (1) "The Royal Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain and Ireland" (2) "The Royal Institute of Chemistry" 19 March 1980 Surrendered 21 May 1980
See 19 March 1980 for "The Royal Society of Chemistry"
24-Jun 1885 Entomological Society of London "Royal Entomological Society of London"
12-Aug 1885 Colonial and Indian Exhibition Commissioners 1886
8-Mar 1886 Princess Helena College
25-Jun 1886 National African Company
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 14-Jan 1887 Royal Statistical Society
7-Feb 1888 Trustees of the Buchanan Bequest 7-Feb 1888 Corporation of the Church House
3-May 1888 Imperial Institute of the United Kingdom, the Colonies, and India and the Isles of the British Seas
3-May 1888 Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England
"Grand Priory of the Most Venera Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem"
14-May 1888 Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland
10-Aug 1888 Imperial British East Africa Company
5-Jul 1889 Royal Historical Society
23-Jul 1889 University College of Wales, Aberystwyth "Aberystwyth University"
19-Aug 1889 Manchester Whitworth Institute
19-Aug 1889 Queen Victoria's Jubilee Institute for Nurses "Queen's Nursing Institute"
19-Aug 1889 Imperial Bank of Persia "British Bank of the Middle East"
"HSBC Bank Middle East"
15-Oct 1889 British South Africa Company
8-Feb 1890 The Institute of Journalists "The Chartered Institute of Journalists"
21-Oct 1890 National Rifle Association
21-Oct 1890 The Corporation of Rossall School 21-Oct 1890 St. Peter's College, Radley
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 22-Nov 1890 Newspaper Press Fund
22-Nov 1890 Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital 9-May 1891 Royal Provident Fund for Sea Fishermen
30-Jul 1891 Chartered Institute of Patent Agents
28-Jun 1892 Royal Free Hospital 5-Aug 1892 Governors of the Buchanan Retreat
16-May 1893 Royal British Nurses Association
23-Nov 1893 University of Wales
23-Nov 1893 Royal College of Organists
1894 West London Hospital 11-May 1895 National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
26-Nov 1897 Queen Victoria Clergy Fund
3-Feb 1897 Library Association "Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals"
19-May 1898 Corporation of the Cranleigh and Bramley Schools
19-May 1898 Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada
9-Aug 1898 Royal Blind Ayslum and School, Edinburgh
7-Mar 1899 League of Mercy Surrendered 11/06/1947 7-Mar 1899 St. Andrew's Ambulance Association
14-Jul 1899 Grand Antiquity Society of Glasgow
7-Oct 1899 Iron and Steel Institute
7-Oct 1899 British Home and Hospital for Incurables
3-Mar 1900 University of Birmingham
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 17-Sep 1900 City and Guilds of London Institute
17-Sep 1900 Great Northern Central Hospital "Royal Northern Hospital"
26-Nov 1900 Governors of the Peabody Donation Fund
11-Jun 1902 Carnegie Trustees for the Universities of Scotland Revoked 30 July 1958 (new Charter granted 25 April 1978)
26-Jul 1902 British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies
15-Sep 1902 Weavers Society of Anderston
20-Oct 1902 Chartered Institute of Secretaries of Joint Stock Companies and other Public Bodies
1971"Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators" 2019 "The Chartered Governance Institute" Sealed 16/09/2019
19-Nov 1902 Royal Economic Society
16-Feb 1903 Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Incurables
16-Feb 1903 Royal Society for Home Relief to Incurables, Edinburgh
9-Jul 1903 Victoria University of Manchester "University of Manchester"
9-Jul 1903 University of Liverpool 9-Jul 1903 Chartered Society of Queen Square Surrendered
10-Aug 1903 University College of Nottingham "University of Nottingham"
11-Feb 1904 Royal Numismatic Society
21-Apr 1904 University of Leeds
15-Jul 1904 West India Committee
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 10-Aug 1904 British Cotton Growing Association
24-Oct 1904 Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
29-May 1905 University of Sheffield
11-Jul 1905 Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital 7-Aug 1905 Liverpool Royal Infirmary
11-May 1906 British and Foreign School Society
30-Jun 1906 Institute of Directors
1-Dec 1906 Hull Royal Infirmary
11-Feb 1907 Royal Warrant Holders Association
1-Mar 1907 National Museum of Wales
1-Mar 1907 National Library of Wales
1-Jun 1907 Society of Chemical Industry
6-Jul 1907 Imperial College of Science and Technology "Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine"
2-Nov 1907 Royal Society of South Africa
1-Aug 1908 British Red Cross Society
21-Dec 1908 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-May 1909 University of Bristol 10-Aug 1909 Royal British Colonial Society of Artists
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 22-Apr 1910 Cancer Hospital (Free) "Royal Marsden
Hospital" 13-Oct 1910 Association of Deacons of the Fourteen Incorporated Trades of
Glasgow 28-Nov 1910 Institution of Naval Architects "Royal Institution of
Naval Architects" 23-Jan 1911 Royal United Kingdom Beneficent Association
25-May 1911 Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers "Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers"
16-Dec 1911 Boy Scouts Association "The Scout Association"
17-Jan 1912 Chartered Insurance Institute 05/02/1912 14-May 1912 King Edward the Seventh Welsh National Memorial Association
14-Jun 1912 British School at Rome
16-Dec 1912 King Edward VII Sanatorium "King Edward VII Hospital" - wound up and charter ended 24/03/2006
11-Feb 1913 Paton Trust 11-Feb 1913 Faculty of Surveyors of Scotland
24-Jun 1913 Zoological Society of Scotland "Royal Zoological Society of Scotland"
14-Oct 1913 Royal Asylum of Montrose
14-Oct 1913 Montrose Royal Infirmary
30-Mar 1914 Liverpool Merchants Guild
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 7-Jan 1915 The Institution of Mining Engineers Merged with The
Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (C329) on 19/5/1998
7-Jan 1915 The Institution of Mining and Metallurgy Merged with Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (C363) on 26/6/2002
2-Jun 1915 University of Tasmania
23-May 1916 School of Oriental Studies, London Institution "School of Oriental and African Studies"
7-Sep 1916 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"
16-Nov 1916 Imperial Trust for the encouragement of Scientific and Industrial Research
30-Mar 1917 Newnham College, Cambridge
14-Apr 1917 British Trade Corporation
10-May 1917 Imperial War Graves Commission "Commonwealth War Graves Commission"
19-May 1917 Carnegie United Kingdom Trustees
27-Nov 1917 Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End
14-Jan 1919 Carnegie Dunfermline and Hero Fund Trustees
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 24-Feb 1919 Incorporation of Cordiners in Glasgow
15-Apr 1919 Representative Body of the Church in Wales
30-May 1919 Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau
30-May 1919 Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables, Putney "Royal Hospital for Neuro-Disability"
9-Dec 1919 Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers
9-Dec 1919 University College of Swansea "Swansea University" 30/08/2007
20-Dec 1919 King George's Fund for Sailors
20-Dec 1919 Lord Kitchener National Memorial Fund
11-Mar 1920 Leicester Royal Infirmary
25-Mar 1920 Medical Research Council 25-Mar 1920 Forestry Commissioners
17-May 1920 Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom
17-May 1920 Chartered Society of Massage and Medical Gymnastics "Chartered Society of Physiotherapy"
28-Jun 1920 Royal Academy of Dramatic Art 13-Oct 1920 St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington
22-Apr 1921 United Services Fund Surrendered 24/2/1948
10-Jun 1921 Officers Association
14-Jul 1921 Medical College of St. Bartholomew's Hospital in the City of London
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 10-Aug 1921 Institution of Electrical Engineers 14 December 2005 The
Institution of Incorporated Engineers and The Institution of Electrical Engineers merged to become "The Institution of Engineering and Technology" (now C840)
11-Oct 1921 Empire Forestry Association "Commonwealth Forestry Association"
11-Oct 1921 Empire Cotton Growing Corporation "Cotton Research Corporation"
7-Nov 1921 Institute of British Foundrymen "Institute of Cast Metals Engineers"
13-Dec 1921 Royal Liverpool Seamen's Orphan Institution
6-Feb 1922 Royal Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children
3-Mar 1922 Royal Victoria College, Montreal 3-Mar 1922 Over-Seas League "Royal Over-Seas
League" 1-Apr 1922 Royal Naval Benevolent Trust (Grand Fleet and Kindred Funds)
5-May 1922 Incorporation of Architects in Scotland "Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland"
20-Jun 1922 St. John's Foundation School "St John's School Foundation"
10-Jul 1922 The Law Society of Northern Ireland
10-Aug 1922 The College of Estate Management "University College of Estate Management"
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 6-Dec 1922 Toc H (Incorporated) "Toc H" 6-Dec 1922 Girl Guides Association "The Guide
Association" 29-Jan 1923 Institution of Royal Engineers
12-Mar 1923 British Institute of Florence
27-Mar 1923 Royal Manchester College of Music
4-May 1923 Confederation of British Industry
4-May 1923 Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Hospital 26-Jun 1923 Cardiff Royal Infirmary
26-Jun 1923 Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital 11-Oct 1923 Dover College
21-Mar 1924 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
25-Jun 1924 Royal Life Saving Society
25-Jul 1924 Girton College, Cambridge
6-Feb 1925 Textile Institute
17-Mar 1925 British Legion "Royal British Legion" 12-Oct 1925 League of Nations Union
12-Oct 1925 London Playing Fields Society
12-Oct 1925 Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon "Royal Shakespeare Theatre";
"Royal Shakespeare Company'"
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 16-Dec 1925 The Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association 'The Soldiers, Sailors,
Airmen and Families Association - Forces Help''
1-Feb 1926 University of Reading
25-Feb 1926 Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford "Lady Margaret College, Oxford"
25-Feb 1926 St. Hilda's College, Oxford
25-Feb 1926 Birkbeck College
25-Feb 1926 Royal Medico-Psychological Association "Royal College of Psychiatrists"
30-Apr 1926 Somerville College, Oxford
1-Jun 1926 Royal Masonic Institution for Boys Surrendered 22/06/1988
1-Jun 1926 The Mothers Union
28-Jun 1926 Royal Institute of International Affairs
28-Jun 1926 St. Hugh's College, Oxford
5-Nov 1926 Institute of Transport "Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport"
5-Nov 1926 Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture Merged with University of the West Indies in 1962
Charter surrendered 27/02/1961 23/11/1926
20-Nov 1926 British Broadcasting Corporation
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 14-Dec 1926 National Police Fund Charter surrendered.
Merged with Police Dependants' Trust Ltd. No longer a chartered body 15/11/2017
6-Feb 1928 National Association of Colliery Managers
22-Mar 1928 British Association for the Advancement of Science
22-Mar 1928 Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
13-Jul 1928 College of Nursing "Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom"
14-Aug 1928 Royal Victoria Hospital, Dundee
20-Nov 1928 London Homoeopathic Hospital Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital
20-Nov 1928 National Art-Collection Fund
21-Dec 1928 Malvern College
29-Jan 1929 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital 1-Mar 1929 Howard Leopold Davis Scholarships Trust
21-Mar 1929 British Engineering Standards Association "British Standards Institution"
7-May 1929 Land Agent's Society
10-May 1929 Indian Church Trustees
10-May 1929 Institution of Gas Engineers
5-Jul 1929 National Radium Trust
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 5-Jul 1929 Institute of Hygiene Royal 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 (11/6/2008)
17-Dec 1929 King George Hospital at Ilford
20-Jan 1930 Royal Society for the Relief of Indigent Gentlewomen of Scotland
"The Royal Society for the Support of Women of Scotland" (30/03/2015)
28-Mar 1930 Institution of Mechanical Engineers
28-Jul 1930 King Edwards VII's Hospital for Officers Sister Agnes Founder "King Edward ViII's Hospital (Sister Agnes)" 14/06/2000
28-Jul 1930 Honourable Company of Master Mariners
28-Jul 1930 Oundle School 28-Jul 1930 East Ham Memorial Hospital
18-Dec 1930 Welsh National School of Medicine "University of Wales College of Medicine"
(Merged with University of Wales, Cardiff under the University of Wales, Cardiff Act 2004 (see C130))
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 20-Mar 1931 Imperial Service College
27-Mar 1931 National Central Library
29-Jun 1931 Agricultural Research Council "Agricultural & Food Research Council"
29-Jun 1931 British Postgraduate Medical School "Royal Postgraduate Medical School"
1-Oct 1931 Glasgow Fishmongers Company
7-Oct 1931 Australian Chemical Institute "Royal Australian Chemical Institute"
7-Oct 1931 Royal Seamen's Pension Fund
11-Feb 1932 Universities China Committee in London
15-Dec 1932 Fields in Trust National Playing Fields Association
16-Mar 1933 Institute of Marine Engineers
25-May 1933 London Library
26-Jun 1933 The Governors of Westfield College London
(see file range C294 - 2nd August 1989)
"Westfield College, University of London" Surrendered - 2/8/1989
26-Jun 1933 Company of Newspaper Makers
22-Mar 1934 Institution of Structural Engineers
9-Nov 1934 Queen Mary College
(see file range C294 - 2nd August 1989)
Surrendered - 2/8/1989
20-Dec 1934 City of London Maternity Hospital 21-Feb 1935 Cheltenham Ladies College
6-Jun 1935 The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 13-Aug 1935 Institution of Engineers (India) 20-Dec 1935 Royal Academy of Dancing "Royal Academy of
Dance" 27-Oct 1936 Children's Aid Society
13-Apr 1937 Worshipful Company of Basketmakers
29-Jul 1937 General Infirmary at Leeds
24-Feb 1938 Institution of Engineers Australia
15-Mar 1938 Institution of Automobile Engineers
4-Nov 1938 London (Royal Free Hospital) School of Medicine for Women "Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine"
25-Nov 1938 Roedean School 25-May 1939 National Association of Boy's Clubs "NABC - Clubs for
Young People" 25-Jul 1939 Imperial Cancer Research Fund
19-Sep 1940 British Council 30-May 1941 Australian Red Cross Society
26-Jun 1946 King's School, Canterbury
26-Jun 1946 Worshipful Company of Carmen
10-Jul 1946 The Arts Council of Great Britain In 1994 split in three: The Arts Council of England Scottish Arts Council Arts Council of Wales
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 10-Jul 1946 Institute of Fuel (1) Institute of Energy
(6 February 1979)
(2) Institute of Energy merged with Institute of Petroleum now called "Energy Institute" (8th May 2003)
29-Jan 1947 Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
10-Mar 1947 British Postgraduate Medical Federation
28-Oct 1947 Scottish National War Memorial Trustees
28-Oct 1947 Officers Families Fund
13-Nov 1947 Auctioneers' and Estate Agents' Institute
9-Jul 1948 University of Nottingham
13-Sep 1948 Wye College
13-Sep 1948 Institution of Municipal Engineers
25-Oct 1948 British and Foreign Bible Society
22-Dec 1948 Royal Aeronautical Society
22-Dec 1948 University College of the West Indies Merged with University of the West Indies in 1962 5/1/1949
4-Mar 1949 Nature Conservancy
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 4-Mar 1949 The National Institute for the Blind (1) "Royal National
Institute for the Blind"
(2) "Royal National Institute of the Blind" (3) "Royal National Institute of Blind People"
30-Jun 1949 University College of North Staffordshire "University of Keele" 25-Nov 1949 Railway Benevolent Institution
31-Mar 1950 Royal Alfred Merchant Seamen's Society "Royal Alfred Seafarers' Society"
25-Apr 1950 Women's Royal Naval Service Benevolent Trust 25-Apr 1950 Standards Association of Australia
9-Oct 1950 National Oceanographic Council 9-Oct 1950 University College of Leicester "University of Leicester" 8-Dec 1950 Worshipful Company of Musicians
21-Dec 1950 Campbell College, Belfast 1-Nov 1951 Ceylon Red Cross Society "Sri Lanka Red Cross
Society" 27/11/1951
14-Nov 1951 Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion 5/12/1951
24-Mar 1952 University of Southampton 29/4/1952
9-Apr 1952 School of Pharmacy, University of London Surrendered 17/10/2012
7/5/1952
29-Apr 1952 St. Anne's College, Oxford 19/5/1952
29-Jul 1952 Royal Masonic Institution for Girls Surrendered 22/06/1988
25/8/1952
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 25-Nov 1952 Principal and Governors of Queen Elizabeth College 1985 Merged with
Kings College London 12/1/1953
4-Dec 1952 Royal Air Forces Association 20/1/1953
1-Apr 1953 The Warden and Fellows of St Antony's College in the University of Oxford
(also known as St Antony's College in the University of Oxford)
30-Apr 1953 Faculty of Radiologists "Royal College of Radiologists"
20-Jan 1954 Australian Academy of Science
13-May 1954 University of Hull 15-Jul 1954 Royal Naval Association
21-Dec 1954 Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford
10-Feb 1955 University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
7-Apr 1955 Cuddesdon Theological College "Ripon College Cuddesdon"
7-Apr 1955 Seafarers Education Service
29-Jul 1955 Manchester College of Science and Technology "University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology" and has now changed to "University of Manchester"
29-Jul 1955 Company of Farmers of the City of London
29-Jul 1955 Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
28-Oct 1955 University of Exeter 9-Oct 1956 Royal Ballet
15-Feb 1957 St. Edmund Hall, Oxford
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 22-Feb 1957 Institution of Chemical Engineers
15-Mar 1957 University of Leicester 17-May 1957 City of London Solicitor's Company
23-Aug 1957 English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth
19-Feb 1958 British Institute of Radiology
14-Mar 1958 Nuffield College Oxford
7-May 1958 National Institute for Research in Nuclear Science
21-Nov 1958 Institute of Municipal Treasurers and Accountants "Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy"
19-Dec 1958 Royal Humane Society
15-Jun 1959 Town Planning Institute "Royal Town Planning Institute"
21-Dec 1959 Fourah Bay College - The University College of Sierra Leone
8-Apr 1960 National Army Museum
3-Aug 1960 Churchill College, Cambridge
26-Oct 1960 Westcott House, Cambridge
2-Aug 1961 University of Sussex
2-Aug 1961 British Institution of Radio Engineers "Institute of Electronic and Radio Engineers"
24-Oct 1961 Royal Archaeological Institute
24-Oct 1961 St. Peter's College, Oxford
6-Dec 1961 University of Keele
21-Dec 1961 Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters
26-Feb 1962 University of the West Indies
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 2-Oct 1962 Magistrates Association
28-Nov 1962 Library Association of Australia
26-Mar 1963 Society of Dyers and Colourists
2-May 1963 Royal Society of St. George
30-May 1963 Association of Commonwealth Universities
29-Jul 1963 University of York
29-Jul 1963 St. Catherine's College, Oxford
29-Jul 1963 Animal Health Trust 27-Nov 1963 University of East Anglia
27-Nov 1963 University of Basutoland, the Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland
"University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland"
26-Mar 1964 Institution of Production Engineers "Institution of Manufacturing Engineers"
23-Jun 1964 University of Strathclyde
23-Jun 1964 Liverpool Medical Institution
27-Jul 1964 University of Lancaster 27-Jul 1964 Council for National Academic Awards
20-Nov 1964 University of Kent at Canterbury "The University of Kent" 4/10/2010
20-Nov 1964 University of Essex
29-Jan 1965 University of Warwick
26-Feb 1965 Science Research Council "Science and Engineering Research Council"
26-Feb 1965 British Psychological Society
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 4-May 1965 Natural Environment Research Council Charter revoked
31/10/2018 (see SI No. 2018/1054 (C.82)
3-Aug 1965 Council of Engineering Institutions
3-Aug 1965 London Mathematical Society
29-Oct 1965 The Social Science Research Council "The Economic and Social Research Council"
Charter revoked 31/10/2018 (see SI No. 2018/1054 (C.82)
31-Jan 1966 Heriot-Watt University
24-Feb 1966 Loughborough University of Technology
10-Mar 1966 University of Aston in Birmingham
6-Apr 1966 City University "City, University of London"
9-Jun 1966 Brunel University "Brunel University London"
28-Jul 1966 University of Surrey
28-Jul 1966 Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
20-Sep 1966 University of Bradford
20-Sep 1966 Bath University of Technology "University of Bath" 10-Feb 1967 University of Salford
28-Jun 1967 University of Dundee
28-Jul 1967 Royal College of Art 23-Aug 1967 Australian Boy Scouts Association
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 10-Oct 1967 Institution of Radio and Electronic Engineers, Australia
13-Nov 1967 University of Stirling
13-Nov 1967 The University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology
22-Mar 1968 The Royal African Society
23-Apr 1969 Open University
25-Jun 1969 The Australian Academy of the Humanities for the Advancement of Scholarship in Language, Literature, History, Philosophy and the Fine Arts
31-Jul 1969 The Australian Institute of Building 7/10/1969
28-Nov 1969 The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
28-Nov 1969 The Cranfield Institute of Technology "Cranfield University" 19-Dec 1969 The Royal College of Pathologists
4-Feb 1970 The Jockey Club (incorporating the National Hunt Committee) 4-Feb 1970 The University of the South Pacific
28-Jul 1970 The New University of Ulster Merged with Ulster Polytechnic; reincorporated as University of Ulster on 31/7/1984
30-Sep 1970 The Institute of Physics
11-Mar 1971 Heythrop College
22-Dec 1971 Chelsea College, University of London
22-Dec 1971 The Sports Council In 1996 split to become "The United Kingdom Sports Council" and "The English Sports Council"
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 22-Dec 1971 The Scottish Sports Council Also known as
"sportscoltand" 22-Dec 1971 The Sports Council for Wales
28-Jun 1972 New Hall, Cambridge Murray Edwards College, founded as New Hall, University of Cambridge
14/6/2011
23-Oct 1972 The Royal College of General Practitioners
24-Oct 1973 Anglo-German Foundation for the study of Industrial Society Expired 4th December 2009
16-Oct 1974 The Association of Certified Accountants (1) "Chartered Association of Certified Accountants"
(2) "Association of Chartered Certified Accountants"
12-Feb 1975 The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants "The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants"
12-Feb 1975 The Institution of Metallurgists (1) "Institute of Metals"
(2) "Institute of Materials"
(3) "The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining"
See C329 for history of mergers
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 18-Mar 1975 The Institute of Measurement and Control 12-Nov 1975 The College of Law "The Legal Education
Foundation" 17-Mar 1976 The Chartered Institution of Building Services "The Chartered
Institution of Building Services Engineers"
19-May 1976 The Design Council 19-May 1976 The Society of Industrial Artists and Designers "The Chartered Society
of Designers" 9-Jun 1976 The Master and Fellows of Darwin College in the University of
Cambridge
(Commonly known as Darwin College, Cambridge) 15-Sep 1976 The Institute of Bankers in Scotland "The Chartered Institute
of Bankers in Scotland"
"Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland" "Chartered Banker Institute"
27-Oct 1976 Wolfson College, Cambridge
15-Nov 1977 University College, London
25-Apr 1978 Carnegie Trustees for the Universities of Scotland Original Charter of 11 June 1902 revoked on 30 July 1958
6-Feb 1979 The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
14-Mar 1979 The Chartered Building Societies Institute Surrendered 11 June 2008
14-Mar 1979 The Institute of Biology 'The Royal Society of Biology''
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 13-Feb 1980 King's College London (University of London) 19-Mar 1980 The Royal Society of Chemistry (Amalgamation
between Royal Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Society)
See other references to C21 for history
28-Jul 1980 The Chartered Institute of Building
18-Feb 1981 The President and Fellows of Wolfson College in the University of Oxford
Known as Wolfson College, Oxford 28-Oct 1981 The Engineering Council (1) "Engineering
Council (UK)"
(2) "The Engineering Council"
10-Feb 1982 The Institute of Chartered Foresters
18-May 1982 Crafts Council 11-Feb 1983 The University of Buckingham
20-Apr 1983 The Fellowship of Engineering "The Royal Academy of Engineering"
22-Jun 1983 The British Film Institute
11-Apr 1984 The Industrial Society "The Work Foundation" -Part of Lancaster University in October 2010. No longer a chartered body.
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 25-Jun 1984 The Institute of Housing "Chartered Institute of
Housing" 25-Jun 1984 The Institution of Environmental Health Officers "Chartered Institute of
Environmental Health" 31-Jul 1984 University of Ulster see entry at 28/7/1970
(The New University of Ulster) for further information
31-Jul 1984 The British Computer Society
12-Sep 1984 The President and Fellows of Clare Hall in the University of Cambridge
Commonly known as Clare Hall, Cambridge 30-Oct 1984 The Warden and Fellows of Robinson College in the University
of Cambridge
Commonly known as Robinson College, in the University of Cambridge
5-Jun 1986 The Principal and Fellows of Linacre College in the University of Oxford
Commonly known as Linacre College, Oxford 8-Jul 1986 London Business School
25-Nov 1986 Museums and Galleries Commission Surrendered 12/7/2000
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 10-Feb 1987 The Chartered Institute of Bankers (1) "Chartered Institute
of Bankers"
(2) "ifs School of Finance" (3) "ifs University College" (4) "The London Institute of Banking & Finance"
10-Jun 1987 Institute of Education, University of London Surrendered 09/12/2015
23-Mar 1988 The College of Ophthalmologists "The Royal College of Ophthalmologists"
27-Apr 1988 Motability
7-Feb 1989 The Chartered Institute of Marketing
2-Aug 1989 Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London "Queen Mary University of London"
19-Dec 1989 The Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind
1-Nov 1989 Goldsmiths' College
(commonly known as Goldsmiths' College, University of London) 7-Jun 1990 Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
26-Jun 1990 The Royal Star and Garter Homes for Disabled Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen
"The Royal Star & Garter Homes"
21-May 1991 The Henley Management College Surrendered 16/3/2011
11-Feb 1992 Royal College of Anaesthetists
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 15-Jul 1992 The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply "The Chartered Institute
of Procurement and Supply" 8/10/2014
16-Dec 1993 The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Charter revoked 31/10/2018 (see SI No. 2018/1054 (C.82) Charter revoked 31/10/2018 (see SI No. 2018/1054 (C.82)
29/3/1994
16-Dec 1993 The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council 29/4/1994
16-Dec 1993 Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council Surrendered 14/11/2007
8-Feb 1994 The Arts Council of England
8-Feb 1994 The Scottish Arts Council Charter revoked by the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 -1/7/2010
8-Feb 1994 The Arts Council of Wales 30/3/1994
15-Mar 1994 The Institute of Taxation "The Chartered Institute of Taxation"
14-Dec 1994 The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
14-Dec 1994 Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Council Surrendered
11-Apr 1995 The Principal and Fellows of Mansfield College in the University of Oxford
Known as Mansfield College, Oxford
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 11-Apr 1995 The 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"
28-Jun 1995 The College of Optometrists
23-Nov 1995 The Principal and Fellows of The Manchester Academy and Harris College in the University of Oxford
Known as Manchester College, Oxford 23-Jul 1996 English Sports Council 23-Jul 1996 The United Kingdom Sports Council 23-Jul 1996 College of Paediatrics and Child Health "Royal College of
Paediatrics and Child Health"
26-Jun 1997 The Landscape Institute 22/8/1997
22-Jul 1997 The President and Fellows of Lucy Cavendish College in the University of Cambridge
Known as Lucy Cavendish College 11-Feb 1998 Historic Royal Palaces 6/3/1998
22-Apr 1998 The Master, Fellows and Scholars of St. Edmund's College in the University of Cambridge
Commonly known as St Edmund's College, Cambridge
6/7/1998
12-Oct 1999 The Prince's Trust 24-Nov 1999 The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund
8-Feb 2000 Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development 12-Jul 2000 The Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 11-Apr 2001 The Institution of Incorporated Engineers 14 December 2005 The
Institution of Incorporated Engineers and The Institution of Electrical Engineers merged to become "The Institution of Engineering and Technology" (C840)
11-Dec 2001 Chartered Institution of Wastes Management 12-Feb 2002 Chartered Management Institute
26-Jun 2002 The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
12-Jun 2003 The Science Council 11-Feb 2004 The Worshipful Company of Engineers
11-Feb 2004 The Worshipful Company of Paviors
8-May 2004 Society for the Environment 27-Jul 2004 The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain
13-Oct 2004 The Association for Science Education
16-Dec 2004 The Arts and Humanities Research Council Charter revoked 31/10/2018 (see SI No. 2018/1054 (C.82)
9-Feb 2005 The Chartered Institute of Public Relations
7-May 2005 The Worshipful Company of Water Conservators 01/07/2005 7-May 2005 Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists
19-Jul 2005 The Chartered Institute of Linguists 19/9/2006
14-Dec 2005 The Duke of Edinburgh's Award 31/3/2006
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 14-Dec 2005 The Institution of Engineering and Technology 14 December 2005 The
Institution of Incorporated Engineers and The Institution of Electrical Engineers merged to become "The Institution of Engineering and Technology" (now C840)
19-Jul 2006 The Chartered Quality Institute 23/11/2006
19-Jul 2006 Elizabeth Phillips Hughes Hall, Cambridge
Commonly known as Hugh's Hall Cambridge
23/11/2006
5-Sep 2006 English Association 1/12/2006
10-Oct 2006 The Historical Association 15/12/2006
14-Nov 2006 The Royal Institute of Navigation 22/2/2007
7-Feb 2007 The Technology Strategy Board Charter revoked 31/10/2018 (see SI No. 2018/1054 (C.82)
27/3/2007
7-Feb 2007 The Science and Technology Facilities Council 27/3/2007
25-Jul 2007 The Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors 2/4/2008
25-Jul 2007 The Worshipful Company of Management Consultants 4/10/2007
10-Oct 2007 The Worshipful Company of International Bankers 10/12/2007
10-Oct 2007 The Society for Radiological Protection 10/12/2007
12-Dec 2007 The College of Emergency Medicine "The Royal College of Emergency Medicine"
20/2/2008
12-Feb 2008 The Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering 30/6/2008
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 12-Feb 2008 The Worshipful Company of Chartered Secretaries and
Administrators 24/6/2008
11-Jun 2008 The Royal Society for Public Health 23/10/2008
9-Jul 2008 The King's Fund 4/11/2008
18-Mar 2009 Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors 2/9/2009
13-May 2009 The Worshipful Company of Actuaries 4/9/2009
8-Jul 2009 The Worshipful Company of Tax Advisers 9/10/2009
8-Jul 2009 Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment 9/10/2009
15-Oct 2009 Worshipful Company of Security Professionals 15/2/2010
15-Oct 2009 The Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation 7/12/2009
17-Nov 2009 The Principal, Fellows and Scholars of Homerton College in the University of Cambridge
Known as Homerton College
11/3/2010
10-Feb 2010 The Worshipful Company of Constructors 27/4/2010
10-Feb 2010 The Worshipful Company of Launderers 17/6/2010
10-Feb 2010 Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors 24/6/2010
10-Feb 2010 Worshipful Company of Information Technologists 16/6/2010
17-Mar 2010 The Firefighters Memorial Trust 4/10/2010
12-Apr 2010 The Worshipful Company of Marketors 22/9/2010
21-Jul 2010 The Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners 18/11/2010
10-Nov 2010 The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals 11/3/2011
16-Mar 2011 The Worshipful Company of Arbitrators 24/4/2012
7-Apr 2011 Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity
5/10/2011
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 8-Jun 2011 Worshipful Company of Chartered Accountants in England and
Wales 6/9/2012
13-Jul 2011 Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies 20/4/2012
12-Oct 2011 The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives 30/1/2012
12-Oct 2011 Institution of Engineering Designers 30/1/2012
30-May 2012 Worshipful Company of Builders' Merchants 5/9/2012 30-May 2012 The Worshipful Company of Lightmongers 4/9/2012
10-Jul 2012 The Association of Corporate Treasurers Came into legal effect 01/01/2013
1/11/2012
17-Oct 2012 The British Occupational Hygiene Society 20/12/2012
7-Nov 2012 The College of Chiropractors "The Royal College of Chiropractors"
14/3/2013
7-Nov 2012 Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management Came into legal effect 01/04/2013
28/3/2013
12-Dec 2012 Marylebone Cricket Club Came into legal effect 01/07/2013
10/6/2013
15-May 2013 The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 26/7/2013
15-May 2013 Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers 19/8/2013
15-May 2013 The Worshipful Livery Company of Wales 6/9/2013
15-May 2013 Worshipful Company of Hackney Carriage Drivers 10/10/2013
13-Jun 2013 The Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors 2/12/2013
10-Jul 2013 The Worshipful Company of World Traders 19/5/2014
10-Jul 2013 Chartered Association of Building Engineers 1/11/2013
10-Jul 2013 The Chartered Institute of Horticulture 21/7/2014
9-Oct 2013 The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences 17/1/2014
30-Oct 2013 Recognition Panel 12/12/2013
Date Year Name Name Changes/Notes Date Sealed 11-Dec 2013 The Worshipful Company of Firefighters 31/3/2014
11-Dec 2013 Honourable Company of Air Pilots 23/5/2014
11-Feb 2014 The Chartered Institute for Archaeolologists 3/6/2014
22-May 2014 Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors 22/9/2014
8-Oct 2014 The Worshipful Company of Fuellers 16/02/2015
8-Oct 2014 Chartered Trading Standards Institute 1/4/2015
5-Nov 2014 Chartered Institute of Credit Management Came into legal effect 01/01/2015
31/12/2014
10-Dec 2014 The Chartered Association of Business Schools 1/5/2015
11-Feb 2015 The Worshipful Company of Insurers 25/8/2015
10-Jun 2015 The Chartered Institution for Further Education 09/10/2015
10-Jun 2015 Learned Society of Wales 11/9/2015
9-Dec 2015 The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising 13/4/2016
12-Apr 2016 The Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys 17/11/2016
12-Oct 2016 Association for Project Management 25/11/2016
3-May 2017 National Citizen Service Trust 18/9/2017
11-Oct 2017 Worshipful Company of Educators 19/1/2018
15-Nov 2017 Police Roll of Honour Trust 22/3/2018
7-Nov 2018 Worshipful Company of Art Scholars 1/7/2019
12 December 2018 The Chartered Institute of Information Security 23/5/2019
10-Apr 2019 The Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects 8/8/2019
12-Jun 2019 Academy of Medical Sciences 03/09/2019
10-Jul 2019 Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading 1/10/2019