The HM Tower of London Chapels Royal Foundation

Analysis

The HM Tower of London Chapels Royal Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The HM Tower of London Chapels Royal Foundation reported income of £297k and spending of £304k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £158k to £297k (+88%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 198%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The HM Tower of London Chapels Royal Foundation sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Society for the Relief of the Homeless Poor (£297k), The Falconer Trust (£297k) and Chasehawk Limited (£297k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.