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The HM Tower of London Chapels Royal Foundation

The HM Tower of London Chapels Royal Foundation is a registered charity (number 1160859) based in London, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by General Sir Gordon Kenneth Messenger KCB CBE DL since 2022. Latest income £297k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £297k (2025)

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Tower Hamlets
Website
www.thechapelsroyalhmtoweroflondon.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£297k£304k
  • 2024£237k£240k
  • 2023£214k£224k
Earlier years
  • 2022£471k£207k
  • 2021£158k£107k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1.TO ADVANCE THE RELIGION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND BY PROMOTING THE USE OF THE CHAPELS ROYAL WITHIN HM TOWER OF LONDON AS PLACES OF PUBLIC RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND BY SUPPORTING THE CHAPLAIN IN THE EXERCISE OF HIS MINISTRY.2.WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING (A) TO PROVIDE A MASTER OF MUSIC, AN ASSISTANT MASTER OF MUSIC AND ORGANIST, AND A CHOIR WITH A VIEW TO ENSURING THAT THE MUSICAL CONTENT OF SERVICES IS OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY; (B) TO ADVISE AND ASSIST THE CHAPLAIN IN THE EXERCISE OF HIS MINISTRY AND IN HIS OR HER PROMOTION OF THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND; AND (C) GENERALLY TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE EDIFICATION OF THOSE ATTENDING PUBLIC RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN THE CHAPELS.3.TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN NEED WHO WORK OR WHO HAVE WORKED WITHIN HM TOWER OF LONDON AND THE DEPENDANTS IN NEED OF SUCH PERSONS.4.TO CO-OPERATE WITH HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES AND ANY OTHER ORGANISATION IN THE PRESENTATION OF THE CHAPELS TO THE PUBLIC AS PLACES OF NATIONAL HERITAGE AND HISTORIC INTEREST.5.TO MAKE GRANTS TO OTHER CHARITIES AND TO APPLY FUNDS FOR OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7y median 7.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure
11.2y
average years in governance
1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8Arts/culture/heritage/science 5Disability 1Education/training 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 2Construction 1Finance 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£297k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1160859
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 12 Mar 2015
Contact on the register
02031666354 · ROGER.HALL@HRP.ORG.UK
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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