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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

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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.

6y median 7y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

22.9y
average years in governance
10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Environment/conservation/heritage 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Property 11Arts and leisure 7Education 5

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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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£818k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 9.7 in 2021

16 from 13 in 2024
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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
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