Registered charity · England
Chats Palace Limited
- 7 trustees
- Income £178k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Hendrik Wittkopf.
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Hackney
- Website
- www.chatspalace.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Chats Palace Limited
- Registered
- 1982
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£178k£214k
- 2024£131k£180k
- 2023£165k£232k
Earlier years
- 2022£172k£224k
- 2021£354k£175k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 22%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF INHABITANTS OF PARTICULAR NEIGHBOURHOODS AND AREAS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS. (B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION ENCOURAGE THE ARTS AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS. (C) THE ESTABLISHING AND MANAGEMENT OF COMMUNITY CENTRES, ARTS CENTRES, WORKSHOPS, GROUPS FOR EDUCATIONAL PLAY. (D) TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION AND PROMOTION OF EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND EXHIBITIONS AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS
Grants received
18 grants · £423,362 total360Giving 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
- Hackney Council · £169,258 (6 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £100,000
- The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington · £52,500
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £45,006 (6 grants)
- Power to Change Trust · £33,315
Most recent
- Hackney Council
- Hackney Council
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Calvin NG since 2018
- Gary Bridgewood since 2015
- Hendrik Wittkopf since 2025
- IAN Rathbone since 2014
- Jacquetta May since 2006
- Jacquetta Susan May
- Robin Norton-Hale since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Calvin NG since 2018
- Gary Bridgewood since 2015
- IAN Rathbone since 2014
- Jacquetta May since 2006
- Robin Norton-Hale since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Calvin NG since 2018
- Gary Bridgewood since 2015
- Jacquetta May since 2006
- Jacquetta Susan May
- Robin Norton-Hale since 2018
Portfolio (1)
- IAN Rathbone since 2014
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 283680
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 28 SEPTEMBER 1981
- Companies House
- Company number 01587922 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0208 533 0227 · info@chatspalace.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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