EXETER HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST

Registered charity 1054232 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Preservation of Buildings of Historical & Architectural interest in and around and for the benefit of the City of Exeter.

Objects

TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TOWNSPEOPLE OR THE CITY OF EXETER, WHATEVER HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF EXETER, 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.

Area of benefit: CITY OF EXETER IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON

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 made a surplus of £6,359 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a deficit in the previous year. Total unrestricted reserves stood at £163,763, which is above the trustees' stated target of £30,000. The trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue in operational existence on a going concern basis.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Clare Lorna Maudling
• Dr James Gordon Clark
• Josephine Victoria Sinclair
• LORRAINE CELIA ARRELL
• Nicholas Scott
• RICHARD WILLIAM PARKER
• ROBERT PAUL CHANT · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sandra Ann Ellison

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).