Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 12

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +12

Overall GiG Score: 23

LONDON HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST LTD

To preserve on behalf of the townspeople of Greater London and of the nation at large buildings of particular beauty or historical, architectural or constructional interest.The charity achieves this by working with local authorities, statutory bodies, grant and loan giving agencies to take on, restore, repair and refurbish buildings at risk to bring them back into beneficial use.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£442	£157	£286	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/22		£105	£104	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/21		£110	£112	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/20		£110	£112	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/19		£307	£69	£238	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18		£398	£41	£357	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£113	£72	£41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£278	£54	£224	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£377	£43	£334	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£297	£425	£-129	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£415	£89	£326	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£244	£42	£202	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£104	£85	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£85	£72	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£135	£139	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£115	£102	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£43	£44	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£38	£102	£-64	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£378	£319	£59	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£78	£129	£-52	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 31 years

https://www.londonhistoricbuildings.org.uk

hon.secretary@londonhistoricbuildings.org.uk

02083921819

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
8 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£167,899
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£124,395
The Pilgrim Trust	£51,600
Architectural Heritage Fund	£33,649
Garfield Weston Foundation	£15,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to London Historic Buildings Trust Ltd.
£99,995	24/08/2023	Petticoat Lane Heritage Trail
Architectural Heritage Fund - Grant to London Historic Buildings Trust Ltd (HOLTOP)
£33,649	04/08/2022	Former Girls’ Charity School and no. 24 Church Street, Edmonton
DCMS - London Historic Buildings Trust Project Officers
£65,205	01/04/2022	Regional Capacity Building grant for part funding of two project managers at London Historic Buildings Trust.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£15,000	29/10/2021	Strategic Funding to help us Transform London’s Communities Through Heritage
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to London Historic Buildings Trust
£30,000	27/09/2021 36	Appointment of a Director to enable LHBT to transform London’s communities through heritage regeneration
DCMS - London Historic Buildings Trust Project Officers
£61,655	01/04/2021	The grant is being used to help part fund two project managers within the London Historic Buildings Trust
DCMS - CRF21: London Historic Buildings Trust
£7,400	08/03/2021	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to London Historic Buildings Trust
£14,500	23/07/2020	COVID19: London Historic Buildings Trust
DCMS - ALB-Historic England -London Historic Buildings Trust Project Officers
£33,639	01/04/2020	Funding of Project Officers for the London Historic Buildings Trust
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to London Historic Buildings Trust
£9,900	16/01/2020	Exploring Options for The Former Girls’ Charity School and no 24 Church Street, Edmonton
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Heritage of London Trust Operations
£21,600	19/09/2019 6	Interim Director with responsibility for strategic review
DCMS - St George's Garrison Church, Phase 2, London
£5,000	01/04/2019	Increase to existing grant to repair to decorative finishes, historic fabric of apse and side chapels, alter, pulpit and floor
DCMS - St George's Garrison Church, Phase 2, London (increase)
£20,640	01/04/2019	Phase 2 repair works to decorative finishes (non-mosaic), to surviving upstanding historic fabric of apse and side chapels, to altar and pulpit, and to wetw end lintools and capitals. To cast in new ....more Phase 2 repair works to decorative finishes (non-mosaic), to surviving upstanding historic fabric of apse and side chapels, to altar and pulpit, and to wetw end lintools and capitals. To cast in new concrete floor to apseand relay pavings.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Heritage of London Trust Operations
£42,900	05/09/2018	Heritage of London Trust Operations: Strategic review and bid for long term sustainability
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Heritage of London Trust Operations Ltd
£10,000	24/05/2018 9	St George’s Woolwich; essential repairs to safeguard the fabric, remove Heritage at Risk listing, and increase public access
DCMS - St George's Garrison Church, Phase 2, London
£147,436	01/04/2018	Phase 2 repair works to decorative finishes (non-mosaic), to surviving upstanding historic fabric of apse and side chapels, to altar and pulpit, and to wetw end lintools and capitals. To cast in new ....more Phase 2 repair works to decorative finishes (non-mosaic), to surviving upstanding historic fabric of apse and side chapels, to altar and pulpit, and to wetw end lintools and capitals. To cast in new concrete floor to apseand relay pavings.
DCMS - St George's Garrison Church, Phase 2, London (increase)
£5,160	01/04/2018	Phase 2 repair works to decorative finishes (non-mosaic), to surviving upstanding historic fabric of apse and side chapels, to altar and pulpit, and to wetw end lintools and capitals. To cast in new ....more Phase 2 repair works to decorative finishes (non-mosaic), to surviving upstanding historic fabric of apse and side chapels, to altar and pulpit, and to wetw end lintools and capitals. To cast in new concrete floor to apseand relay pavings.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	12/03/2018	Safeguarding St George's Garrison Church, Woolwich
DCMS - Repair Grants for Heritage at Risk
£192,210	02/11/2017	Phase 2 repair works to decorative finishes (non-mosaic), to surviving upstanding historic fabric of apse and side chapels, to altar and pulpit, and to wetw end lintools and capitals. To cast in new ....more Phase 2 repair works to decorative finishes (non-mosaic), to surviving upstanding historic fabric of apse and side chapels, to altar and pulpit, and to wetw end lintools and capitals. To cast in new concrete floor to apseand relay pavings.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

ALEC PAUL FORSHAW Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Historic Buildings Consultant, Other trusteeship: SPITALFIELDS HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST LIMITED,

ALICE CLARE LOUISE YATES Appointed: 2020

CHARLES HOWARD KING SWINDALL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired Solicitor

DAVID FRANK GIBSON RIBA AABC Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Architect

ELIZABETH KENZIE WEDMORE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

GEORGINA RUTH NAYLER (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeships: THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE CHARLES CAUSLEY TRUST,

PAUL THOMAS ATKINSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director

PHILIP DAVID SMITH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Senior Manager

ROSEMARY SUSAN FRASER Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor

STEPHEN ANDREW ENTHOVEN ACIS

SARAH JANE BUCKINGHAM BA MSC Appointed: 2019

VICTORIA CLARE MARGARET LIDDELL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/02/1993, number: 1017579
Registered at Companies House on 16/12/1992, number: 02774232

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR14: 8 days late,

Main office

3 Scout Lane
c/o Michael Brooke
London
SW4 0LA

Objectives

TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TOWNSPEOPLE OF GREATER LONDON AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE, WHATEVER OF THE HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND GREATER LONDON AFORESAID IN THE FORM OF BUILDINGS (INCLUDING ANY BUILDING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 290(1) OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1971) OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON

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