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The Hackney Historic Buildings Trust

The Hackney Historic Buildings Trust is a registered charity (number 291468) based in London, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Catherine Phillippa Smith since 2025. Latest income £197k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £197k (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
Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Hackney
Website
www.hhbt.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Hackney Historic Buildings Trust
Registered
1985

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£197k£217k
  • 2024£223k£209k
  • 2023£223k£195k
Earlier years
  • 2022£221k£182k
  • 2021£171k£207k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY AND, THE NATION AT LARGE, WHATEVER OF THE HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY AFORESAID IN THE FORM OF BUILDINGS (INCLUDING ANY BUILDING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 290(1) OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1971) OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST.

Grants received

5 grants · £300,740 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £250,820 (3 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £40,000
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,920

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £40,0002020-10-14
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £9,9002015-12-09
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9202008-04-22
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £9,9202008-04-22
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £231,0002004-09-08
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.

11 trustees on the board

2.5y median 1y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (4)

11
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 10Environment/conservation/heritage 9Education/training 4Disability 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Arts and leisure 13Other services 3Education 2

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£197k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
291468
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22ND JANUARY 1985 as amended on 27 Feb 2025
Companies House
Company number 01879857 · Active
Contact on the register
02089860029 · info@hhbt.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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