THE ENGLISH HERITAGE TRUST

Registered charity 1140351 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ENGLISH HERITAGE FOUNDATION

The English Heritage Trust is responsible for the conservation and enhancement of the National Heritage Collection of more than 400 unique historic sites and monuments. Through this Collection, and the London Blue Plaques Scheme, English Heritage promotes public knowledge, enjoyment and education of our shared history and heritage.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total charity funds decreased from £50.6 million to £42.9 million due to a net expenditure of £7.7 million, driven by restructuring costs and lower visitor numbers. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £29.6 million against a new policy target of £21 million, representing eight weeks of unrestricted expenditure. While the charity forecasts cash surpluses from 2026/27, it notes uncertainty inherent in forecasts due to the challenging global economic environment.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Comptroller and Auditor General. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• English Heritage Trust bids to make changes at Whitby Abbey gazettelive.co.uk · 05/03/2024
• Does our history have a future in the hands of the English Heritage Trust? telegraph.co.uk · 28/02/2015

What the charity says about itself (2024/25)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The English Heritage Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Tim Reeve CBE — Chief Executive (source)
• Tony Hales CBE — Chair (source)
• Geoff Parkin — Interim Chief Executive (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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Omaze — “We’re partnering with Omaze to give you the chance to win this house in Bath worth over £4,000,000, along with £250,000 in cash, all whilst …” (source page)
• Vaillant — “We’re excited to partner with Vaillant, whose support will help English Heritage accelerate progress toward our ambitious sustainability goa…” (source page)
• Craghoppers — “Craghoppers have provided our site based staff with new technical waterproof jackets, soft-shell jackets and fleeces.” (source page)
• Google Arts & Culture — “We have partnered with Google Arts & Culture’s Gardens United project to share new stories and interactive content related to our historic g…” (source page)
• Riviera Travel — “We are delighted to be partnering with Riviera Travel on Members' Week and a number of other events across the year.” (source page)
• Sir Robert McAlpine — “Sir Robert McAlpine support our Conservation on the Road programme.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 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.

Trustpilot: English Heritage scores 4.6/5 from 3,705 reviews (source) — reviews usually concern the charity’s shops or services, not its charitable performance.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (835,314 likes) · instagram (448K followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 34.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (21/08/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Antony John Hales CBE
• Beverley Jane Tew CMG
• Dale Thomas Haddon
• Dr Chris Michaels
• John Nigel Barnes OBE
• Paul David Charles Farmer CBE
• Peter Richard Liney
• Prof. William Hadden Whyte FSAFRHistS
• Susan Linda Wilkinson OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• The Hon. Sebastian Richard Edward Cuthbert James
• Tony Cates

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HISTORIC ENGLAND FOUNDATION.

• THE HISTORIC ENGLAND FOUNDATION income £361k
• THE HERITAGE OF LONDON TRUST LIMITED income £808k
• HERITAGE TRUST OF LINCOLNSHIRE income £1.7m
• SAVE BRITAIN'S HERITAGE income £367k
• THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST OR NATURAL BEAUTY income £766.2m
• THE HERITAGE TRUST FOR THE NORTH WEST income £2.1m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.