Battersea Chapel Educational Foundation

Analysis

Battersea Chapel Educational Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, religious activities and recreation, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Battersea Chapel Educational Foundation reported income of £60k and spending of £73k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income fell from £69k to £60k (-14%), an average of -4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 151% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Battersea Chapel Educational Foundation sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michael the Archangel, Alcombe (£60k), Ivybridge Youth for Christ (£60k) and Nasrul-Lahi-L-Fatih Society of Nigeria Millwall Branch (£60k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.