HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES

Registered charity 1068852 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income

£138.6m

Latest spending

£108.4m

Registered

1998

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£138.6m

Total spending

£108.4m

Cost of raising funds

£17.4m

Reserves (reported)

£20.0m

Employees

910

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Sir Nicholas Coleridgechair
Camilla Finlay
Caroline Hope
Dame Caroline Michel
Dan Jones
General Sir Gordon Messenger
James Chalmers · trustee of 3 other charities
John Mothersole
Jonathan Bewes
Lisa Jane Burger · trustee of 1 other charity
TIMOTHY AIDAN JOHN KNOX
Tom Harris

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: City Of London · City Of Westminster · Kensington And Chelsea · Kingston Upon Thames · Northern Ireland · Richmond Upon Thames · Surrey · Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£138.6m	£108.4m
31/03/2024	£134.4m	£90.9m
31/03/2023	£102.5m	£82.1m
31/03/2022	£54.4m	£61.3m
31/03/2021	£32.7m	£53.9m

Common questions

Who funds HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES as a grant recipient include THE ARDEOLA CHARITABLE TRUST, WILLIAM KENDALL'S CHARITY (WAX CHANDLERS COMPANY), DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND, NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUND, THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE ARDEOLA CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£150k
WILLIAM KENDALL'S CHARITY (WAX CHANDLERS COMPANY)	FY2023	£43k
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND	FY2024	£30k
NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUND	FY2024	£20k
THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATION	FY2023	£11k
THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATION	FY2025	£10k
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST	FY2025	£8k
THE PHILIP MARSDEN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
THE BILLMEIR CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k
THE BILLMEIR CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE PHILIP MARSDEN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£940
WILLIAM KENDALL'S CHARITY (WAX CHANDLERS COMPANY)	FY2022	£650
THE WILLIE AND MABEL MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£500

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	03/12/2024	£5.0m	"Transforming the Tower of London Schools and Community Programme"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	06/07/2020	£220k	"COVID19: Historic Royal Palaces"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/01/2016	£5.0m	"Hillsborough Castle: opening doors, exploring stories, inspiring the future - for everyone"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	05/03/2009	£999k	"'Welcome to Kensington - a palace for everyone'"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	06/06/2003	£1.6m	"Kew Palace in Kew Gardens - a Royal Domestic Retreat"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	26/07/2000	£5.8m	"Tower Environs Scheme - Understanding the Tower"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	25/07/1995	£500k	"Tower of London and its Environs, Tower Hamlets, London"