Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 9
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE FUND

To promote the permanent preservation for the benefit of the public, buildings monuments or other edifices or structures in the UK. To protect and conserve the character and heritage of the cities towns and villages in and around which such buildings monuments or other edifices of structures exist. To advance public education of and interest in the conservation of the UK's built heritage.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity only provides its support via other charities
  • Why are there 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£4,139£4,217£-78£6£17,326£2,1706.2210
31/03/22£7,086£6,857£229£5£17,621£2,0703.6200
31/03/21£8,824£8,443£381£6£17,297£2,0272.9190
31/03/20£7,948£5,897£2,051£12£15,583£1,8823.8150
31/03/19£2,546£3,024£-478£7£13,739£1,9307.793
31/03/18£2,804£2,898£-94£7£14,128£2,2869.580
31/03/17£1,891£1,819£72£13£14,104£2,34315.550
31/03/16£903£977£-73£15£14,023£2,29028.150
31/03/15£866£1,512£-647£77£13,092£2,43219.360
31/03/14£1,027£1,669£-642£63£13,047£2,68719.360
31/03/13*£920£3,076£-2,157£61£13,639£2,83311.160
31/03/12£4,151£1,268£2,883£62£15,796£3,09129.360
31/03/11£891£1,014£-123£56£12,963£1,80121.360
31/03/10*£776£916£-140£55£13,086£1,9062560
31/03/09£1,027£1,267£-239£54£13,226£2,04719.470
31/03/08£1,228£1,342£-114£44£13,466£2,28620.470
31/03/07£809£814£-5£45£13,579£2,61538.670
31/03/06£1,394£892£502n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£886£996£-110n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£838£936£-98n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 23%
Liabilities/Income: 125%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 13%
Reserves/Spending: 6.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 51 years

www.ahfund.org.uk

fiona.hollands@ahfund.org.uk

02079250199

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
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
  • Provides other finance
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who supports them? ?

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
National Lottery Heritage Fund£4,999,143
DCMS£2,130,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£325,000
The Pilgrim Trust£295,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Architectural Heritage Fund
£150,000 20/06/2023
21
Historic Assets into Community Ownership: funding to support their work helping communities find long term sustainable uses for historic buildings at risk.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£150,000 15/05/2023
36
Over 3 years towards the work in Northern Ireland - "Harnessing Heritage"
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Architectural Heritage Fund (The)
£4,999,143 02/03/2023
Architectural Heritage Fund strategic partnership: Heritage Development Trust initiative
DCMS - Cultural Recovery Fund: Business Grants
£1,050,000 01/04/2020
Heritage Stimulus Fund: Business Grants. The wider aim of the scheme is: The purpose of the business grants will be to help organisations buy in consultancy support to develop new operating models and business plans in response to the impact of ....more
DCMS - Cultural Recovery Fund: Underwriting of Endowments and Bad Debts
£1,000,000 01/04/2020
Heritage Stimulus Fund: Underwriting of Endowments and Bad Debts
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-National Capacity Building: Historic Assets Moving into Community Ownership
£80,000 01/04/2020
Historic Assets Moving into Community Ownership (HAMCO) will offer early-stage viability and development grants to projects seeking to restore and utilise historic buildings located away from town centres and high streets. The HAMCO programme will ....more
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Architectural Heritage Fund
£145,000 26/02/2020
36
Heritage Transformed in Wales and Northern Ireland
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£175,000 07/02/2020
36
Heritage Transformed in Wales and Northern Ireland 2020-23
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Architectural Heritage Fund - Transforming Places Through Heritage
£2,403,225 01/04/2019
Forms part of the Future High Street Fund, along with the HE High Street HAZ programme
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Support For Voluntary Sector Regeneration Of Historic Buildings
£116,275 01/04/2019
To help charities and other not-for-profit organisation’s to restore historic buildings in England and give them a new and viable use, through grant funding, low interest loans and advice; to encourage national and local government, agencies and ....more
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Heritage at Risk Support Officers
£67,000 01/04/2019
The project is a continuation of the grant PRP6901 (aka PRP6807) for a one-year extension to an existing commitment towards the cost of four part-time freelance Heritage at Risk Support Officers, whose brief is to support charities and social ....more
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Architectural Heritage Fund - Transforming Places Through Heritage
£5,776,700 01/04/2019
Forms part of the Future High Street Fund, along with the HE High Street HAZ programme
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Architectural Heritage Fund
£29,197 13/02/2019
12
Growing Community Enterprise Through Heritage in Northern Ireland; Support Officer & grants programme
DCMS - ALB-HistoricEngland-DCMS grant - Architectural Heritage Fund - Transforming Places Through Heritage
£241,652 01/04/2018
Forms part of the Future High Street Fund, along with the HE High Street HAZ programme
DCMS - ALB-HistoricEngland-Support For Voluntary Sector Regeneration Of Historic Buildings
£168,800 01/04/2018
To help charities and other not-for-profit organisations to restore historic buildings in England and give them a new and viable use, through grant funding, low interest loans and advice; to encourage national and local government, agencies and ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Architectural Heritage Fund
£2,500,000 17/10/2017
Heritage Impact Fund
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Architectural Heritage Fund
£1,000,000 04/04/2011
Challenge Fund
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 13/15 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-75
  • ADEBAYO TEMITOPE PETER ALAO Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Head Of Investment And Development
  • AUDREY CARLIN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chief Executive Officer
  • DAVID HUNTER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director
  • DR NEAL ETHAN SASHORE Appointed: 2020
  • ESTHER JANE ROBINSON WILD Appointed: 2021
  • GRAHAM FISHER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • GREGORY DAVID PICKUP Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Ceo
  • JAMES ROBERT KETLEY BOWDIDGE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Farmer, Company Director
  • KAREN OLIVIA LATIMER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Consultant
  • PETER WODEHOUSE WILLIAMS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Non-Executive Director
  • PROFESSOR ANDREW WILLIAM WESTWOOD Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director And University Professor
  • ROSALEEN CLARE KERSLAKE BA MBA CBE Appointed: 2022
  • ROY HODSON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Certified Chartered Accountant
  • SUZANNE SNOWDEN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director, Thought Leadership
  • SYREETA BAYNE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Social Value And Sustainability
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/01/1974, number: 266780
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/12/1973, number: 01150304
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR13: 1 days late, AR10: 2 days late,
Main office

3 Spital Yard
Spital Square
London
E1 6AQ

Objectives

A) TO PROMOTE THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY OF BUILDINGS MONUMENTS OR OTHER EDIFICES OF STRUCTURES OF WHATSOEVER KIND AND WHETHER PERMANENT OR ATTACHING TO LAND OR NOT (INCLUDING BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING ANY BUILDING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 336(1) OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990) AND WHERESOEVER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM SITUATE OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST. B) TO PROTECT AND CONSERVE OR PROMOTE THE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF THE CHARACTER AND HERITAGE OF THE CITIES TOWNS AND VILLAGES IN AND AROUND WHICH SUCH BUILDINGS MONUMENTS OR OTHER EDIFICES OF STRUCTURES EXIST. C) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION OF AND INTEREST IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ITS PEOPLE AND THEREBY TO PROMOTE PUBLIC TASTE AND EDUCATION IN AND CONCERNING THE CONSERVATION OF ITS CREATIVE HERITAGE AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF AESTHETIC STANDARDS ATTACHING TO ITS CONTEMPORARY ENVIRONMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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