THE HISTORIC ENGLAND FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1178368 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The charity distributes grants to other bodies who operate in line with the charity's objects which are to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of heritage assets situated in England and to advance education by promoting research into, and furthering the public's knowledge and enjoyment of, heritage assets situated in England and their conservation.
Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated total income of £361,425 and ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £124,340. The trustees have determined that holding reserves is unnecessary because the charity has no directly employed staff and can reduce work if funding fails. The charity operates as a subsidiary of Historic England, with fundraising and administrative costs recharged from the parent organization.
Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Grants (72% of income)
“Grants 75,939 183,231 259,170” — page 23
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Comptroller and Auditor General, National Audit Office. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Historic England Foundation (matched by registered charity number).
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Ancestry — “Partnership with Ancestry” (source page)
- Benefact Trust — “We would like to thank all our supporters, including the following who have supported our work recently: Our Supporters: Ancestry Benefact T…” (source page)
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.
- BARLTROP, Mitchell — director, appointed 15/10/2025on trustee list
- BOYLE KC, Christopher Alexander David — director, appointed 15/10/2025not on trustee list
- KNIGHTS, Samantha — director, appointed 15/10/2025on trustee list
- MOOKERJEE, Purnima Roy — director, appointed 24/10/2024on trustee list
- STRATTON-MORRIS, William Kenneth — director, appointed 24/10/2024on trustee list
- RICHTER, Fabian Felix, Dr — director, appointed 20/06/2019on trustee list
Official officers record.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)
Cost of raising funds
£16k
Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE HISTORIC ENGLAND FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated total income of £361,425 and ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £124,340. The trustees have determined that holding reserves is unnecessary because the charity has no directly employed staff and can reduce work if funding fails. The charity operates as a subsidiary of Historic England, with fundraising and administrative costs recharged from the parent organization. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Comptroller and Auditor General, National Audit Office.
Who funds THE HISTORIC ENGLAND FOUNDATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE HISTORIC ENGLAND FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE VINEHILL TRUST, THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, LORD LEVERHULME'S CHARITABLE TRUST, THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION, THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF PLAISTERERS CHARITABLE TRUST.
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
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