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The Heritage of London Trust Limited

The Heritage of London Trust Limited is a registered charity (number 280272) based in London, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by John Richard Phillips since 2020. Latest income £808k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £808k (2025)
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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 London
Website
www.heritageoflondon.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Heritage of London Trust Limited
Registered
1980

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£808k£836k
  • 2024£674k£541k
  • 2023£453k£473k
Earlier years
  • 2022£504k£344k
  • 2021£277k£292k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF GREATER LONDON AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE AND WHERE IT IS PRACTICABLE TO DO SO TO FACILITATE AND ENCOURAGE REASONABLE PUBLIC ACCESS TO WHATEVER OF THE HISTORICAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND GREATER LONDON IN THE FORM OF BUILDINGS (WHICH EXPRESSION SHALL FOR THESE PURPOSES INCUDE ANY BUILDING AS DEFINED BY SECTION 290(1) OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1971 AND ALSO ANY GARDEN OR PLANT OR MACHINERY IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER IT IS ASSOCIATION WITH A BUILDING) OR PLACES OF HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST.(SEE MEMORANDUM FOR FURTHER DETAILS)

Grants received

7 grants · £204,366 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Westminster Foundation · £184,466 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £9,950 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,950 (2 grants)

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Board analysis

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.

8 trustees on the board

3.8y median 3.5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (3)

7
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 8Education/training 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1Economic/community Development/employment 1

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

Tech and media 80Health and social care 8Education 5

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£808k 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.

14.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 12.0 in 2021

11 from 5 in 2022
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
280272
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13TH MARCH 1980 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 12TH FEBRUARY 1986AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03 JUN 1987AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11 MAY 1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 14 NOV 1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 MAY 2002 as amended on 26 Feb 2025
Companies House
Company number 01485287 · Active
Contact on the register
02070990559 · info@heritageoflondon.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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