Registered charity · London
Spitalfields Historic Buildings Trust Limited
The objects of the Trust are:(1) To preserve for the benefit of the people of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and of the nation at large, whatever of the English and Welsh historical, architectural and constructional heritage may exist in and...
- 10 trustees
- Income £818k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Alec Paul ForshawTrustee · since 2019
- Charles Matthew GledhillTrustee · since 2014
- Daniel G R CruickshankTrustee
- Gareth Connor Dawson HarrisTrustee
- Heloise Coco PalinTrustee · since 2025
- John NicolsonTrustee · since 2019
- Marc JordanTrustee · since 2024
- Marianna KennedyTrustee
- Richard Alexander Jeanes PollardTrustee
- Roger John BurrellTrustee · since 2019
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.thespitalfieldstrust.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Spitalfields Historic Buildings Trust
- Registered
- 1977
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£818k£1.2m
- 2024£910k£658k
- 2023£364k£473k
Earlier years
- 2022£304k£347k
- 2021£24k£231k
Charitable objects
The objects of the Trust are:(1) To preserve for the benefit of the people of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and of the nation at large, whatever of the English and Welsh historical, architectural and constructional heritage may exist in and around the district of Spitalfields or elsewhere in the form of buildings (including any building as defined in section 336(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990) of particular beauty or historical, architectural or constructional interest; and (2) To promote the education of the people of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the nation at large on themes relating to social, cultural and architectural history and to diversity, immigration and ethnic and cultural identity, both historical and present, including through the operation and maintenance of museums and other educational institutions in and around the district of Spitalfields or elsewhere, including Dennis Severs’ House at 18 Folgate Street, London E1 6BX and 19 Princelet Street, London E1 6QH.
Board analysis for researchers
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
10 trustees on the board
- Alec Paul Forshaw since 2019
- Charles Matthew Gledhill since 2014
- Daniel G R Cruickshank
- Gareth Connor Dawson Harris
- Heloise Coco Palin since 2025
- John Nicolson since 2019
- Marianna Kennedy
- Marc Jordan since 2024
- Richard Alexander Jeanes Pollard
- Roger John Burrell since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Alec Paul Forshaw since 2019
- Charles Matthew Gledhill since 2014
- John Nicolson since 2019
- Roger John Burrell since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Charles Matthew Gledhill since 2014
- Daniel G R Cruickshank
- Gareth Connor Dawson Harris
- Heloise Coco Palin since 2025
- John Nicolson since 2019
- Marianna Kennedy
- Marc Jordan since 2024
- Richard Alexander Jeanes Pollard
- Roger John Burrell since 2019
Portfolio (1)
- Alec Paul Forshaw since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 9.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 273695
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3RD MAY 1977 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 18 NOVEMBER 1997. as amended on 24 Mar 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 01312292 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07745917775 · info@spitalfieldstrust.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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