Royal Society yakhala membala kuyambira 1919.
Royal Society ndi sukulu yodziyimira pawokha yasayansi yaku UK ndi Commonwealth komanso yodzilamulira Fellowship asayansi odziwika kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi ochokera kumadera onse a sayansi, uinjiniya, ndi zamankhwala. Cholinga chachikulu cha Sosaite, chomwe chikuwonetsedwa m'malemba ake omwe adakhazikitsidwa m'zaka za m'ma 1660, ndi kuzindikira, kulimbikitsa, ndi kuthandizira luso la sayansi ndi kulimbikitsa chitukuko ndi kugwiritsa ntchito sayansi kuti apindule anthu. Sosaite imathandizira kulumikizana ndi kulumikizana pakati pa asayansi kudzera pamisonkhano yawo yokambirana, ndikufalitsa kupita patsogolo kwa sayansi kudzera m'mabuku ake. Sosaite imagwiranso ntchito kupyola gulu la kafukufuku, pogwiritsa ntchito mfundo zodziyimira pawokha, kulimbikitsa maphunziro apamwamba a sayansi, komanso kulumikizana ndi anthu. Bungweli limayang'aniridwa ndi Bungwe lotsogozedwa ndi Purezidenti ndi Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti. Ogwira ntchito okhazikika amatsogoleredwa ndi Executive Director.
Zofunika kwambiri za Sosaiti zimagogomezera kudzipereka kwake ku sayansi yapamwamba kwambiri, kafukufuku woyendetsedwa ndi chidwi, komanso pakupanga ndi kugwiritsa ntchito sayansi kuti apindule ndi anthu. Zofunikira izi ndi: