Guards' Chapel Trust

Analysis

Guards' Chapel Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Guards' Chapel Trust reported income of £398k and spending of £358k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £282k to £398k (+41%), an average of +9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Guards' Chapel Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Saint John the Baptist Woking (£398k), Cambridge University Catholic Association CIO (£399k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church Ware (£398k).