Westminster Chapel

Analysis

Westminster Chapel is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06458950). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Westminster Chapel reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.1m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.3m to £1.2m (-5.8%), an average of -1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Westminster Chapel sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christian Youth Enterprises Sailing Centre (£1.2m), The Evangelical Lutheran Church of England (£1.2m) and Union Baptist Church High Wycombe (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 65%, trading 28%, charitable activities 4.6% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £561k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.