THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF ANCIENT BUILDINGS
Registered charity 1113753 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC039244 (OSCR)
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity recorded an operating surplus of £673,056 and total unrestricted reserves of £4.62m, which the trustees consider appropriate given their income sources. The trustees report that the charity has the ability to remain in a cash-positive position through September 2026, with unrestricted reserves well in excess of the minimum calculated under their reserves policy. The charity relies on investments as a buffer to smooth cashflows and fund operating deficits, noting that market volatility may make it harder to generate returns above inflation.
What the accounts disclose
Related-party transaction: Receipts totalling £1,500 were remitted to SPAB in 2024 from The Joint Committee of the National Amenity Societies. Matthew Slocombe (Director) is a secretary of this committee.
“Matthew Slocombe (Director) is a secretary of the The Joint Committee of the National Amenity Societies. Receipts totalling £1,500 were remitted to SPAB in 2024 (2023: £1,546.67).” — page 34
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Matthew Slocombe — Chief Executive (source)
- Douglas Kent — Director of Advice (source)
- Elaine Byrne — Director of Engagement (source)
- Richard Mullis — Director of Income & Operations (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Cost of raising funds
£243k
Reported reserves equal ~28.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (12/11/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustees
- Andrew Paul Dalton Walker
- Carole Leith
- Charles Wagner
- Clare Isobel Birks · trustee of 1 other charity
- David McFerran
- Duncan McCallum
- Georgina Ruth Nayler MBE
- Lewis Thomas Hobbs · trustee of 2 other charities
- Louise Bainbridge
- Lucy Emma Newport
- Tyler Lott-Johnson
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF ANCIENT BUILDINGS financially healthy?
The accounts state that the charity recorded an operating surplus of £673,056 and total unrestricted reserves of £4.62m, which the trustees consider appropriate given their income sources. The trustees report that the charity has the ability to remain in a cash-positive position through September 2026, with unrestricted reserves well in excess of the minimum calculated under their reserves policy. The charity relies on investments as a buffer to smooth cashflows and fund operating deficits, noting that market volatility may make it harder to generate returns above inflation. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.
Who funds THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF ANCIENT BUILDINGS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF ANCIENT BUILDINGS as a grant recipient include DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST, DELVES CHARITABLE TRUST, THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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