Prince Andrew unveiling a statue during a public engagement. Real photograph via Wikimedia Commons. His patronages were returned to the Queen in January 2022.

Patronages & Charities

At his peak he was attached to hundreds of organizations — and founded several of his own. Almost all of it ended between November 2019 and January 2022. The ledger is below.

Reported

The scale

By 2019 Andrew was associated with an estimated ~230 patronages and charities — among them Outward Bound, the Children’s Foundation, London Metropolitan University (patron), the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (patron), the Middle Temple (royal bencher), the Royal Free Hospital (patron), and the University of Huddersfield (Chancellor, appointed 2015). The military affiliations — Colonel of the Grenadier Guards and some 60 roles across the Armed Forces — are covered on Titles & Styles.

The unwinding

21 November 2019: he relinquishes the Chancellorship of the University of Huddersfield after a student-union campaign.
November 2019: London Metropolitan University reviews his patronage.
24 November 2019: the palace confirms he will step down from all patronages.
13 January 2022: the remaining military affiliations and royal patronages are returned to the Queen and redistributed.

His own foundations

Pitch@Palace (2014–2025): the entrepreneurship initiative; sponsors withdrew November 2019; the UK arm wound up 2021; Pitch@Palace Global entered dissolution in November 2025. → Pitch@Palace
The Prince Andrew Charitable Trust: in May 2020 it was reported to be under Charity Commission investigation over £350,000 in payments to Amanda Thirsk. A reported matter, not a finding.
iDEA — the Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award: a digital-skills award scheme for young people, run through the charitable trust.
The Duke of York Award for Technical Education and the Duke of York Young Entrepreneur Award.

What’s left

As of 2026: none of the public patronages remain. What survives are the historical facts of the work — the iDEA awards issued, the founders pitched, the hospital wings opened — and the cautionary case study of a charitable portfolio built entirely on the royal brand, which turned out to be a single point of failure.

Source notes

Patronage scale (~230): press estimates, 2019. Listed examples: contemporary organizational records.
Huddersfield (21 Nov 2019), London Met review, 24 Nov 2019 palace confirmation, 13 Jan 2022 redistribution: contemporary reporting and palace statements.
Own foundations: initiative records; the Charity Commission matter (May 2020) as reported.