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London Historic Buildings Trust Ltd

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1017579NorwichEnvironment and conservation
Income£116k2025-03-31
Spending£287ksame year
Spent / received104%5-year average
Size in its cause80th pctEnvironment and conservation
Registered1993Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

London Historic Buildings Trust Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in February 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02774232). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, London Historic Buildings Trust Ltd reported income of £116k and spending of £287k, spending 249% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £110k to £116k (+5.2%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 322%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, London Historic Buildings Trust Ltd sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brierfield Action in the Community (£115k), Association of Friends of Bristol University Botanic Garden (£116k) and Coombeswood Canal Trust (£115k).

Income and spending

£0£111k£221k£332k£442k2021 Income: £109,8042021 Spending: £111,93820212022 Income: £104,8892022 Spending: £104,04320222023 Income: £442,1252023 Spending: £156,56720232024 Income: £174,7122024 Spending: £322,57220242025 Income: £115,5512025 Spending: £287,2082025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

To preserve on behalf of the townspeople of Greater London and of the nation at large buildings of particular beauty or historical, architectural or constructional interest.The charity achieves this by working with local authorities, statutory bodies, grant and loan giving agencies to take on, restore, repair and refurbish buildings at risk to bring them back into beneficial use.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Brierfield Action in the CommunityNelson£115k
Association of Friends of Bristol University Botanic GardenBristol£116k
Coombeswood Canal TrustHalesowen£115k
The Class 37 Locomotive GroupChelmsford£116k