The Choral Foundation, the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace

Analysis

The Choral Foundation, the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Molesey. It was registered in May 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07542466). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Choral Foundation, the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace reported income of £319k and spending of £97k, leaving 69% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £50k to £319k (+545%), an average of +59% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 145%. Over the whole period it spent 46% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Choral Foundation, the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grace Church Dell Road (£319k), Frimley Baptist Church (£319k) and Banbury Methodist Circuit (£319k).