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Building a Better Future from Our Past Annual Report 2015–16 CONTENTS Annual Report 2015-16 Building a Better Future from Our Past 5 LATIMER STREET Romsey, Hampshire | England Romsey & District Buildings Preservation Trust | www.romseydistrictsociety.co.uk/building-preservation-trust The Architectural Heritage Fund Building a better future from our past | Annual Report 2015–16 Building a better future from our past Annual Report 2015–16 www.ahfund.org.uk CONTENTS Annual Report 2015-16 Building a better future from our past Our ambition is to ensure as many people OVERVIEW ABOUT THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE FUND as possible can enjoy the cultural, social 2 | About the AHF and economic benefits of a vibrant and 4 | Our impact well-managed architectural heritage. 8 | The year in numbers 10 | FROM THE CHAIRMAN 11 | CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S REPORT TRUSTEES’ REPORT ACHIEVEMENTS: PROGRESS AGAINST OUR STRATEGY 12 | Objective One 18 | Objective Two 20 | Objective Three 22 | Objective Four PROJECT CASE STUDIES 25 | England 36 | Wales 38 | Scotland 44 | Northern Ireland FINANCIAL REVIEW 46 | Financial overview 49 | Grants awarded 53 | New loans 54 | Principal risks and uncertainties 56 | STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT 58 | PLANS FOR THE FUTURE 59 | TRUSTEES, EXECUTIVE AND THE AHF TEAM 64 | REPORT ON THE AHF’S FINANCIAL POSITION 65 | AUDITOR’S STATEMENT 66 | BENEFACTORS AND FRIENDS SUMMARISED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 67 | SUMMARISED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES 68 | SUMMARISED BALANCE SHEET Front cover: Clevedon Pier, Clevedon, North-West Somerset / Photography courtesy: © Craig Auckland – fotohaus www.ahfund.org.uk 1 Annual Report 2015-16 The Architectural Heritage Fund Building a better future from our past OVERVIEW About the AHF The AHF is a registered charity, founded in 1976 to promote the conservation and sustainable re-use of historic buildings for the benefit of communities across the UK, particularly in economically disadvantaged areas. The Memorandum of Association defines Mission the AHF’s charitable objects as: To use our knowledge, experience and • to promote the permanent preservation resources to ensure as many people for the benefit of the public generally of as possible can enjoy the cultural, social buildings monuments or other edifices or and economic benefits of a vibrant and structures of whatsoever kind and whether well-managed architectural heritage. permanent or attaching to land or not and wheresoever in the United Kingdom situate Objectives of particular beauty or historical architectural Objective One: To support people, or constructional interest; communities and organisations to take ownership, repair and adapt historic buildings • to protect and conserve or promote the and places for new sustainable uses. protection and conservation of the character and heritage of the cities towns and Objective Two: To attract more investment villages in and around which such buildings for the conservation and sustainable re-use monuments or other edifices or structures of the UK’s architectural heritage. exist; Objective Three: To inspire the start-up • to advance public education of and interest and growth of new community enterprises in the history of the United Kingdom and that utilise historic buildings and places its people and thereby to promote public for public benefit. taste and education in and concerning the Objective Four: To demonstrate the value conservation of its creative heritage and of a well-managed historic environment by the encouragement of aesthetic standards championing and showcasing the impact attaching to its contemporary environment. of the projects we have supported. We seek to achieve our objects primarily by Implementation of policy providing advice, information and financial Annual income is derived from interest on assistance in the form of early project grants, loans and bank deposits, Government grants competitive short-term loans and other for particular programmes, donations forms of investment, to projects that have the and legacies, and sundry other sources. potential to deliver substantial cultural, social This income is used to finance the AHF’s and economic benefits in places where they grant-making activities and to cover its are needed most. operating costs. The AHF translates its charitable objects In most years, the primary cost of generating into a mission statement and strategic voluntary income is internal, involving objectives, as follows: negotiation with, and reporting to, the AHF’s three Governmental funders. Clockwise from left: Knockando Woolmill, Moray / Photography © Colin McLean West Boathouse, Glasgow Green / Photography © Colin McLean Over 500 Pipe Factory (Phase 1), Glasgow / Photography © SIG OHA Hastings Pier, Sussex projects supported and/or Ashton Gate, Bristol / Photography © Nick Church funded by AHF during 2015/16 2 www.ahfund.org.uk www.ahfund.org.uk 3 Annual Report 2015-16 The Architectural Heritage Fund Building a better future from our past OVERVIEW About the AHF Public benefit The Trustees confirm that they have CLIENT OUTCOMES complied with the duty in Section 17 of the Based on a survey of AHF clients from the last 15 years. Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit. As a UK-wide charity enabling not-for-private-profit organisations to save and preserve the nation’s built heritage – with educational and capacity-building programmes as well as with financial support – the AHF’s public impact is significant both 89% locally and nationally. of AHF clients are more confident about 93% Our impact the future of their organisation as a result of AHF clients have an increased appreciation Since 1976 the AHF has awarded loans of AHF support of heritage as a result of their project with a total value of £124m to 900 projects across the UK and has made more than 1,200 individual early project grant offers totalling over £10m. Since 2000 293 projects have been completed as a result 91% of an AHF investment of £3.7m of grants and of clients believe that AHF support has increased £46.5m of loans, levering in over £402.5m their credibility to other potential funders and from other sources, including £151m from 71% say that AHF support helped them secure the National Lottery and £171m from trusts, additional funding from other organisations foundations and commercial investment. 66% of AHF-supported projects have resulted in the 63% re-use of a historic building and seven out of ten of clients are confident they would AHF clients consider themselves more financially undertake a similar project in the future sustainable as a result of the AHF support Since 1976 87% 2,000 the AHF has awarded loans of organisations have engaged with a at least 2,000 people have developed new skills in to 900 projects across the UK wider audience (different ages, backgrounds, 88% community engagement, as well as 1,000 people in cultures) than before as a result of their of clients have developed new formal or business planning, strategic development, financial AHF-supported project informal partnerships thanks to AHF support and project management and fundraising 4 www.ahfund.org.uk www.ahfund.org.uk 5 Annual Report 2015-16 The Architectural Heritage Fund Building a better future from our past OVERVIEW About the AHF COMMUNITY OUTCOMES Based on a survey of AHF clients from the last 15 years. 77% 19,000+ of survey respondents felt that that their local community members have been directly 500+ 7,000+ community is a better place to live/work involved in projects over the last year (either commercial businesses are being run from community events have as a result of the AHF-supported project coming to meetings or volunteering their time) buildings restored thanks to AHF support been held in the last year 350+ community services are being provided 12,000+ from buildings restored thanks to volunteering opportunities have been AHF support created with an average of 117 days each 11% 4,000+ of the not-for-profit community services being training opportunities have been created, provided from AHF-supported project buildings, of which over 1,000 were for young people only 11% have ‘competitors’ in the local area 261,000+ people have attended events held as a result of GVA £106m 178,000+ 646,000+ an AHF-supported project, of which at least 20,000 AHF-supported projects have added at least people have visited an AHF-supported people have visited an AHF-supported are children or young people, and at least 9,000 £106m Gross Value Added to local businesses project in the last 12 months for project in the last 12 months for leisure are adults from disadvantaged groups during the building works phase sport purposes or recreation purposes 2,000+ 31,000+ FTE employment opportunities have been created have visited an AHF-supported project during project works, with an additional 1,000 FTE in the last 12 months for reasons of training opportunities ongoing once works are complete and education 6 www.ahfund.org.uk www.ahfund.org.uk 7 Annual Report 2015-16 The Architectural Heritage Fund Building a better future from our past OVERVIEW The year in numbers ADVICE GRANTS LOANS 97 £13,283,970 550 grant applications were received AHF managed capital funds for enquiries responded in 2015-16, requesting a total of lending in the UK comprising: to by the AHF, in 2015-16 just under £1m £1,670,009 64 grant offers were made, Unrestricted designated amounting to lending fund £375,033 S 270 were new clients E S £4,084,454 £210,200 was offered £11,613,961 Scotland S Endowment funding restricted by to projects in Scotland W UK source, which comprises: £155,433 was offered E to projects
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