THE HAMPSHIRE BUILDINGS PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 269378 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Plays an advocacy role in safeguarding the historic built environment across Hampshire by promoting the conservation & sustainable reuse of heritage buildings that might otherwise fall into disrepair or be lost. Advocates for sensitive restoration practices, supports projects that bring redundant or at-risk buildings back into meaningful use & helps influence planning and conservation decisions.

Objects

TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF HAMPSHIRE AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE WHATEVER OF THE ENGLISH HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL, CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND HAMPSHIRE IN THE FORM OF BUILDINGS OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTERESTS OR ANCIENT MOUNUMENTS.

Area of benefit: HAMPSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net surplus of £91,285 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total fund balances increasing to £104,454. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £10,720 are sufficient to support core operations, and they have assessed that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• PETER CHARLES GOODSHIPchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• CHRISTINE DOMINIQUE BERESFORD
• David Hubbard
• Dr CELIA MARY CLARK
• ELEANOR BELL
• Jacqueline Mary Shaw
• Philip George
• SARAH ANNE ROBERTS
• Thomas Elliott Barnes · trustee of 1 other charity
• Wayne Irish · trustee of 5 other charities

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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