LONDON HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST LTD

Registered charity 1017579 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HERITAGE OF LONDON TRUST OPERATIONS LIMITED, HOLTOP

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.

Objects

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.

Area of benefit: GREATER LONDON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £201,656 for the year, funded by designated reserves, restricted reserves, and unrestricted funds. While unrestricted reserves of £173,631 meet the stated policy target of six months' operating costs, the charity acknowledges a challenging economic environment and a reliance on short-term grants that are not guaranteed beyond the current period.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02774232

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• VAN HEYNINGEN, Eleanor — director, appointed 17/12/2024not on trustee list
• BEACOCK, Sarah Lesley — director, appointed 06/12/2024on trustee list
• LEIGH, James Alaric — director, appointed 06/12/2024not on trustee list
• FOX, Chania Ann Chayira — director, appointed 06/12/2024on trustee list
• LIDDELL, Victoria Clare Margaret — director, appointed 25/05/2023on trustee list
• SWINDALL, Charles Howard King — director, appointed 17/11/2022on trustee list
• NAYLER MBE, Georgina Ruth — director, appointed 11/03/2021not on trustee list
• ATKINSON, Paul Thomas — director, appointed 19/03/2020on trustee list
• SMITH, Philip David — director, appointed 19/03/2020on trustee list
• FRASER, Rosemary Susan — director, appointed 15/12/2016on trustee list
• FORSHAW, Alec Paul — director, appointed 09/12/2014on trustee list
• BEACOCK, Sarah Lesley — secretary, appointed 16/04/2025

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Georgina Ruth Naylerchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• ALEC PAUL FORSHAW · trustee of 1 other charity
• Chania Ann Chayira Fox
• Charles Howard King Swindall
• Eleanor van Heyningen
• James Alaric Leigh FCA
• Paul Thomas Atkinson
• Philip David Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rosemary Susan Fraser
• Sarah Lesley Beacock · trustee of 1 other charity
• Victoria Clare Margaret Liddell

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HERITAGE OF LONDON TRUST LIMITED.

• THE HERITAGE OF LONDON TRUST LIMITED income £808k
• LYTHAM TOWN TRUST LIMITED income £194k
• SLT BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED income £122k
• THE LANDMARK TRUST income £20.0m
• THE NORWICH HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST LIMITED income £321k
• WORLD MONUMENTS FUND BRITAIN LIMITED income £3.0m

Side by side with its peers

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