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Invisible Palace

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £58k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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
General Charitable Purposes, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment and 2 more
Where
Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and more
Website
www.invisiblepalace.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£58k£56k
  • 2024£49k£65k
  • 2023£69k£51k
Earlier years
  • 2022£61k£29k
  • 2021£27k£25k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARTS, CULTURE, HERITAGE, HISTORY AND SCIENCES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).THESE OBJECTS WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY:- BY OFFERING A PROGRAMME OF ARTS, CULTURAL, HERITAGE AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS, WORKING WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE, WORK OR STUDY IN THE AREA WHATEVERTHEIR BACKGROUND, AND FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WITH THE AIM OF ENABLING PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS TO INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER;- IN THE NEIGHBOURHOODS OF ANERLEY, PENGE, NORWOOD, SYDENHAM AND THORNTON HEATH; AND FROM TIMETO TIME IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD.

Grants received

8 grants · £258,018 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £146,318 (4 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £78,400
  • Postcode Society Trust · £22,500
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £9,800
  • London Borough of Southwark · £1,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002026-02-12
  • Postcode Society Trust £22,5002025-10-08
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £107,9152023-02-16
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £78,4002021-07-14
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £8,4032021-04-09
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.

4 trustees on the board

1.8y median 1y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 4Environment/conservation/heritage 4General Charitable Purposes 4

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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£58k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1165888
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 07 Mar 2016
Contact on the register
07722814672 · info@invisiblepalace.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.

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