Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 2
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

THE HERITAGE OF LONDON TRUST LIMITED 

Aiding the conservation and restoration of buildings of architectural and historic merit in Greater London to best benefit the local community, by working with the local authorities, statutory bodies, grant and loan giving agencies to restore, repair and refurbish buildings at risk to bring them back into beneficial use.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity only provides its support via other charities
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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£453£473£-20n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£504£344£160£33£980£89231.150
31/03/21£277£292£-15n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£348£314£34n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/19£441£330£111n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/18£417£207£210£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£210£182£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£160£171£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£124£152£-28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£110£140£-30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£126£125£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£101£143£-41£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£122£174£-53£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£143£192£-49£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£142£417£-275£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£428£117£311£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£172£102£70£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£122£167£-44£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£85£136£-50£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£154£139£15£0£0£0n/a00

Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 22%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Established: 44 years

www.heritageoflondon.org

info@heritageoflondon.org

02070990559

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

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
Wates Family Enterprise Trust - HOLT_Family Award_2022
£5,000 16/11/2022
To restore an important community building. Stanley Halls was built by local inventor, architect, and industrialist William Ford Robinson Stanley in 1903 in order to "provide the district with a ....more
Wates Family Enterprise Trust - Beaufoy Institute - Family Light Touch Dec 2020 - GA-1431
£5,000 22/12/2020
Hall Conservation to restore the gates and the Beaufoy Book.
Wates Family Enterprise Trust - Heritage of London Trust
£5,000 16/12/2019
Core funding

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 52-68
  • SARAH BOOTH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director Of Communications
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/06/1980, number: 280272
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/03/1980, number: 01485287
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR11: 2 days late, AR07: 21 days late,
Main office

Fivefields
10 Grosvenor Gardens
London
SW1W 0DH

Objectives

TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF GREATER LONDON AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE AND WHERE IT IS PRACTICABLE TO DO SO TO FACILITATE AND ENCOURAGE REASONABLE PUBLIC ACCESS TO WHATEVER OF THE HISTORICAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND GREATER LONDON IN THE FORM OF BUILDINGS (WHICH EXPRESSION SHALL FOR THESE PURPOSES INCUDE ANY BUILDING AS DEFINED BY SECTION 290(1) OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1971 AND ALSO ANY GARDEN OR PLANT OR MACHINERY IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER IT IS ASSOCIATION WITH A BUILDING) OR PLACES OF HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST.(SEE MEMORANDUM FOR FURTHER DETAILS)

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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