Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 3

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Static board: -3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -2

SPITALFIELDS HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST LIMITED

Preservation of historical,architectural & constructional heritage in Spitalfields and elsewhere for the benefit of the public

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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	*	£364	£473	£-109	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22	*	£304	£347	£-43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/21		£24	£231	£-207	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£253	£348	£-94	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£268	£334	£-66	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18	*	£294	£333	£-40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/03/17	*	£364	£336	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£311	£327	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£179	£223	£-45	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£322	£337	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£219	£332	£-113	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£328	£339	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£207	£532	£-325	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£222	£137	£85	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£223	£211	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£338	£252	£87	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£212	£230	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£1,410	£976	£434	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£351	£273	£78	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£321	£269	£52	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 47 years

heloise@spitalfieldstrust.com

02072470971

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - Charing Palace, Charing, Kent
£32	01/04/2021	Project development work to establish need of repair work
DCMS - CRF21 Spitalfields Historic Buildings Trust
£50,300	08/03/2021	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - ALB-HISTORIC ENGLAND - Charing Archbishops Palace, Charing, Kent, TN27 0LP
£34,073	01/04/2020	Project development work to establish need of repair work
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Spitalfields Historic Buildings Trust
£10,000	17/02/2014	Sheerness Dockyard Preservation Trust

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-81

CHARLES MATTHEW GLEDHILL Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Bookbinder

DANIEL G R CRUICKSHANK, Occupation: Journalist

ELIZABETH FRANCES HELEN MCKAY, Occupation: Hotelier

GARETH CONNOR DAWSON HARRIS Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Goldsmith

JOHN NICOLSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Journalist

MARIANNA KENNEDY Appointed: 1997, Occupation: Decorative Painter

RICHARD ALEXANDER JEANES POLLARD Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Historic Enviroment Consultant

ROGER JOHN BURRELL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Architect

RUPERT NICHOLAS HOWARD MUNDAY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Architect

SUSANNA CLAPHAM Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Architect

ALEC PAUL FORSHAW Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Historic Buildings Consultant, Other trusteeship: LONDON HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST LTD,

BARRA ROSS LITTLE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Lawyer, Other trusteeship: THE LADY MORE CHARITABLE TRUST,

PATRICK THOMAS STREETER Appointed: 1995, Occupation: Book Dealer, Other trusteeship: TOWER HAMLETS ENVIRONMENT TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/05/1977, number: 273695
Registered at Companies House on 03/05/1977, number: 01312292

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 75 days late, AR22: 41 days late, AR18: 89 days late, AR17: 152 days late, AR16: 29 days late, AR14: 89 days late, AR12: 1 days late, AR07: 1 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE SPITALFIELDS CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF MINORITIES on 16/04/2024

Main office

18 FOLGATE STREET
LONDON
E1 6BX

Objectives

The objects of the Trust are:(1) To preserve for the benefit of the people of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and of the nation at large, whatever of the English and Welsh historical, architectural and constructional heritage may exist in and around the district of Spitalfields or elsewhere in the form of buildings (including any building as defined in section 336(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990) of particular beauty or historical, architectural or constructional interest; and (2) To promote the education of the people of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the nation at large on themes relating to social, cultural and architectural history and to diversity, immigration and ethnic and cultural identity, both historical and present, including through the operation and maintenance of museums and other educational institutions in and around the district of Spitalfields or elsewhere, including Dennis Severs’ House at 18 Folgate Street, London E1 6BX and 19 Princelet Street, London E1 6QH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS AND ELSEWHERE

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