THE FITZROVIA CHAPEL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1160458 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of arts facilities and opening of a historic building to the public.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£609k

Latest spending

£503k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted funds of £377,863, which is above its stated reserves policy target of £160,000. The trustees report a surplus for the year and confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: 18

“In 2024 the charity paid £1,814 (2023: £4,620) in fees for legal advice to Russell-Cooke LLP a company of which C Whalen, a trustee, is a partner. The decision to use Russell-Cooke LLP was approved by the other board members.” — page 24

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£609k

Total spending

£503k

Reserves (reported)

£484k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~11.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Carla Whalenchair
Dr David Woodhouse
Dr Nicholas Cambridge
Samar Zia
Stephen McKechnie · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£609k	£503k
31/12/2024	£443k	£407k
31/12/2023	£437k	£368k
31/12/2022	£392k	£275k
31/12/2021	£247k	£112k

Common questions

Is THE FITZROVIA CHAPEL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted funds of £377,863, which is above its stated reserves policy target of £160,000. The trustees report a surplus for the year and confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE FITZROVIA CHAPEL FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FITZROVIA CHAPEL FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE MCCORQUODALE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MCCORQUODALE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£5k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£68k
THE VINEHILL TRUST	1	£50k
ST ANDREW HOLBORN AND STAFFORD'S CHARITY	1	£47k
THE ENNISMORE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£25k
ST GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS AND WILLIAM SHELTON EDUCATIONAL CHARITY	1	£17k
WESTMINSTER AMALGAMATED CHARITY	1	£8k
YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION	1	£6k
THE MARCHUS TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RCCG SURE FOUNDATION ASSEMBLY.

RCCG SURE FOUNDATION ASSEMBLY income £213k
THE HISTORIC CHAPELS TRUST income £2.2m
PARKVIEW CHAPEL, BOTESDALE income £274k
THE ZAHA HADID FOUNDATION income £9.2m
THE FOUNDATION OF ST. BENEDICT OF NURSIA income £238k
THE FITZROVIA COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED income £390k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE FITZROVIA CHAPEL FOUNDATION	£609k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RCCG SURE FOUNDATION ASSEMBLY FY2025	£213k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE HISTORIC CHAPELS TRUST FY2025	£2.2m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
PARKVIEW CHAPEL, BOTESDALE FY2025	£274k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE ZAHA HADID FOUNDATION FY2025	£9.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FOUNDATION OF ST. BENEDICT OF NURSIA FY2024	£238k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.