The Fitzrovia Chapel Foundation

Analysis

The Fitzrovia Chapel Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09074417). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Fitzrovia Chapel Foundation reported income of £609k and spending of £503k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £247k to £609k (+146%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Fitzrovia Chapel Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Post Office Remembrance Fellowship CIO (£608k), Create London (£609k) and Carnegie Theatre Trust (Workington) (£607k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94%, investments 2.7%, trading 1.8% and donations and legacies 1.4%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £484k would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 people.