HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation - Grant to Historic Royal Palaces
£4,000	24/11/2023	Travel support for a curator and conservator to visit Japan in July 2024 to research Japanese court dress ('taireifuku'), in preparation for a community engagement project and exhibition at Kensington Palace in 2025 in which one of Historic Royal ....more Travel support for a curator and conservator to visit Japan in July 2024 to research Japanese court dress ('taireifuku'), in preparation for a community engagement project and exhibition at Kensington Palace in 2025 in which one of Historic Royal Palace's Japanese court suits will be on display.
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£250,000	21/04/2022	towards new building at Kensington Palace Orangery site, providing new learning space and commercial revenue with naming rights on the the 'Foyle Room', as one of the learning rooms in the Clore Learning Centre (awarded grant in response to ....more towards new building at Kensington Palace Orangery site, providing new learning space and commercial revenue with naming rights on the the 'Foyle Room', as one of the learning rooms in the Clore Learning Centre (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Henry VIII on Tour: Landscape, Communities and Performance
£117,497	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH/X000540/1
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£250,000	04/02/2022	The Tower Moat: Celebration and Transformation
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Historic Royal Palaces
£275,000	09/12/2021	Banqueting House environmental controls
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£240,000	14/05/2021	Banqueting House, Whitehall
DCMS - Historic Royal Palaces Maintenance Award
£3,150,627	01/04/2021	The purpose of this funding is to enable Arms Length Bodies to undertake essential maintenance works on their estates, thus preventing further deterioration of these assets, as well as safeguarding people and collections. Public Bodies are eligible ....more The purpose of this funding is to enable Arms Length Bodies to undertake essential maintenance works on their estates, thus preventing further deterioration of these assets, as well as safeguarding people and collections. Public Bodies are eligible to apply for grants to carry out urgent, priority maintenance works which are necessary. HRP grant is for urgent critical maintenance works: 1. Kensington Palaces - King's State Apartments Electrical Re-wiring Programme; 2.Hampton Court Palace - Mains Electrical Infrastructure Replacement Programme; 3.Critical Systems (Tower of London electric supply and all palaces fire alarms).
DCMS - Historic Royal Palaces Portfolio of Grants for Programmes of Major Works
£2,914,354	01/04/2021	We care for five sites of national importance in London: Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Banqueting House, Kensington Palace and Kew Palace; and one site in Northern Ireland: Hillsborough Castle and Gardens.
DCMS - Kensington Palace, London
£14,884	05/01/2021	- cracking in the north wall of the King's State Apartments- structural movement in the King's staircaseWorks required to safeguard fabric and to mitigate risk to the public
DCMS - Hampton Court Palace, London
£21,263	05/01/2021	Our project is the repair of the lead roof above apartment 31 at Hampton Court Palace. which sits directly above the Queens Staircase in the northern range of Fountain Court.
DCMS - Kensington Palace, London
£4,088	05/01/2021	- cracking in the north wall of the King's State Apartments- structural movement in the King's staircaseWorks required to safeguard fabric and to mitigate risk to the public
DCMS - Hampton Court Palace, London
£7,087	05/01/2021	Our project is the repair of the lead roof above apartment 31 at Hampton Court Palace. which sits directly above the Queens Staircase in the northern range of Fountain Court.
DCMS - The Queen's Cottage, Kew Gardens
£21,263	18/12/2020	Works include: Thatching repairs, repointing, and replacement of stone steps
DCMS - Banqueting House, London
£12,506	18/12/2020	Preliminary investigations undertaken by Ian Angus, which gave rise to the specialists in 2019 - Richard Ireland, Plaster Specialist and Hockley & Dawson, Structural Engineers identified splits and deflection to the structural timbers above and ....more Preliminary investigations undertaken by Ian Angus, which gave rise to the specialists in 2019 - Richard Ireland, Plaster Specialist and Hockley & Dawson, Structural Engineers identified splits and deflection to the structural timbers above and associated cracking across the lath and plaster ceiling.
DCMS - White Tower, Tower of London
£21,263	16/12/2020	Renewal of lead roof due to underside corrosion
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Historic Royal Palaces
£219,600	09/07/2020	COVID19: Historic Royal Palaces
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Historic Royal Palaces (HRP)
£3,013,337	01/04/2020	We care for five sites of national importance in London: Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Banqueting House, Kensington Palace and Kew Palace; and one site in Northern Ireland: Hillsborough Castle and Gardens.
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Portable Palaces: Royal Tents and Timber Lodgings 1509-1603
£82,488	03/04/2017	[Placeholder]
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Historic Royal Palaces
£200,000	08/12/2016	Yew Tree Walk at Hillsborough Castle, Northern Ireland
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Historic Royal Palaces
£4,950,000	19/01/2016	Hillsborough Castle: opening doors, exploring stories, inspiring the future - for everyone

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Trustees (9)

Legal constitution

• Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/03/1998, number: 1068852

Gift Aid

• Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Filing Record

Main office

Historic Royal Palaces
Hampton Court Palace
East Molesey
KT8 9AU

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION: (A) TO MANAGE, CONSERVE, RENOVATE, REPAIR, MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE PALACES (THE PALACES BEING THE TOWER OF LONDON; HAMPTON COURT PALACE; THE STATE APARTMENTS AND ORANGERY AT KENSINGTON PALACE; THE BANQUETING HOUSE, WHITEHALL; KEW PALACE WITH QUEEN CHARLOTTE'S COTTAGE; AND OTHER PALACE OR PROPERTY CONSIDERED BY THE TRUSTEES TO BE OF ROYAL ASSOCIATION AND HISTORIC AND/OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE AND AGREED BY US AND OUR SECRETARY OF STATE; TOGETHER WITH ANY ASSOCIATED GARDENS, LANDS, BUILDINGS AND CONTENTS OTHER THAN THE COLLECTION OF THE ROYAL ARMOURIES) TO A HIGH STANDARD CONSISTENT WITH THEIR STATUS AS BUILDINGS OF ROYAL ASSOCIATION AND HISTORIC AND/OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE; AND (B) TO HELP EVERYONE TO LEARN ABOUT THE PALACES, THE SKILLS REQUIRED FOR THEIR CONSERVATION AND THE WIDER STORY OF HOW MONARCHS AND PEOPLE TOGETHER HAVE SHAPED SOCIETY BY PROVIDING PUBLIC ACCESS, BY EXHIBITION, BY EVENTS AND EDUCATION PROGRAMMES, BY THE PREPARATION OF RECORDS, BY RESEARCH AND BY PUBLICATION AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS ARE APPROPRIATE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE UNITED KINGDOM