THE INSTITUTE OF HISTORIC BUILDING CONSERVATION

Registered charity 1061593 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IHBC · also registered in Scotland as SC041945 (OSCR)

The IHBC exists to promote, for the benefit of the public, the conservation of and education and training in the conservation of buildings, structures, areas, gardens and landscapes which are of architectural or historic value in the UK insofar as it lies within the duties and responsibilities of any person whose principal professional skills are to provide specialist advice in conservation.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £447,433 with a net surplus of £62,485, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £457,617. The trustees report that free reserves are sufficient to maintain levels well within their stated policy of six months of expenditure. The charity operates on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03333780

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.

• CHAKRABORTY, Nairita — director, appointed 18/03/2026on trustee list
• FAIRCLOUGH, Alexandra Louise — director, appointed 07/01/2026on trustee list
• JOHNSTON, Shona Kate — director, appointed 13/05/2025on trustee list
• CARDOZO, Serena — director, appointed 03/09/2024on trustee list
• PARSONS, Katie — director, appointed 30/04/2024on trustee list
• MOORE, Kathryn — director, appointed 30/04/2024on trustee list
• KHAN, Sarah — director, appointed 13/12/2023on trustee list
• SAADY, Joanna Mary — director, appointed 03/05/2023on trustee list
• CAIRNS, Desmond John — director, appointed 24/02/2022on trustee list
• MCDONALD, David John — director, appointed 05/07/2019on trustee list
• LE VAY, Lone Beatrix — director, appointed 05/07/2019not on trustee list
• SHEPHERD, Andrew David William — director, appointed 23/06/2017on trustee list
• STONES, Sheila — director, appointed 16/12/2015on trustee list
• PORTER, Lydia Ann — secretary, appointed 07/09/2017

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW DAVID WILLIAM SHEPHERD · trustee of 2 other charities
• Alexandra Fairclough
• David John Chetwyn
• David John McDonald
• Desmond Cairns
• Joanna Mary Saady
• Kathryn Moore
• Katie Parsons
• Lone-Beatrix Le Vay
• Nairita Chakraborty
• Sarah Khan
• Serena Cardozo
• Sheila Stones
• Shona Kate Johnston

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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