Guidance

Sovereign Grant Act 2011: guidance

Guidance on the Sovereign Grant, which supports the official duties of The King.

• From: HM Treasury
• Published: 15 January 2014
• Last updated: 5 August 2025
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  1. 5 August 2025

     This guidance has been updated to reflect the level of the Sovereign Grant in 2025-26.

  2. 8 August 2023

     This guidance has been updated following the Sovereign Grant Review 2023.

  3. 9 September 2022

     Some information in this guidance may be out of date following the recent announcement of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. This will be updated shortly.

  4. 30 June 2022

     Guidance updated for June 2022

  5. 12 April 2021

     Updates made in '1. Sovereign Grant' and '8. Tax' due to the passing of the Duke of Edinburgh.

  6. 28 September 2020

     Updated guidance.

  7. 5 November 2019

     Updated information to Section 1.

  8. 25 June 2019

     Updated with current information.

  9. 20 November 2018

     Updated guidance

  10. 28 June 2018

      Updated for 2016-17 and to reflect the increase in the Sovereign Grant percentage

  11. 3 April 2017

      Updated to include the Sovereign grant changes which are coming to effect on 1 April 2017

  12. 28 June 2016

      Updated for 2015 to 16.

  13. 28 April 2014

      updated Sovereign Grant figure for 2014-15 (£37.9m)

  14. 15 January 2014

      First published.

Documents

Sovereign Grant Act 2011 guidance

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The Sovereign Grant provides an annual grant to support the official duties of The King in his roles as Head of State and Head of Nation.