SAVE BRITAIN'S HERITAGE

Registered charity 269129 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAVE

SAVE Britain's Heritage campaigns for the preservation of historic buildings and the historic environment.

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

Latest income
£367k
Latest spending
£426k
Registered
1975
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £570,045, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover operating expenditure and continue growth. The trustees report no material uncertainties and confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of unrestricted charitable expenditure (held: £570k)
“The Trustees historic aim has been to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level which equates to at least three to six months of unrestricted charitable expenditure.” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity charged £nil (2023 : £100) to SAVE Europe's Heritage for staff overheads.
“The charity charged £nil (2023 : £100) to SAVE Europe's Heritage for staff overheads.” — page 22
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SAVE Britain's Heritage (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£367k£426k
31/12/2023£390k£406k
31/12/2022£260k£336k
31/12/2021£280k£274k
31/12/2020£273k£381k

Common questions

Is SAVE BRITAIN'S HERITAGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £570,045, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover operating expenditure and continue growth. The trustees report no material uncertainties and confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SAVE BRITAIN'S HERITAGE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SAVE BRITAIN'S HERITAGE as a grant recipient include THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ALDAMA FOUNDATION, THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE FUND, THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£65kAdvancement of the arts, culture, heritage and science
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£50kAdvancement of the arts, culture, heritage and science
THE ALDAMA FOUNDATIONFY2022£25kAdvancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£14kAdvancement of the arts, culture, heritage and science
THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE FUNDFY2022£9kProject Viability Grant
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5kAdvancement of the arts, culture, heritage and science
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUSTFY2022£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/10/2013£10k"Developing new audiences and improving SAVE's corporate fundraising capacity"

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.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SAVE BRITAIN'S HERITAGE£367k—0above—no doubt
THE HISTORIC ENGLAND FOUNDATION FY2026£361k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HERITAGE OF LONDON TRUST LIMITED FY2025£808k£90,000 +1unclear—no doubt
RICHMONDSHIRE BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST LTD FY2025£2.2m—0above—no doubt
BRESSINGHAM STEAM PRESERVATION COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£1.0m—0above—no doubt
LONDON HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST LTD FY2025£116k—0above—no doubt

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