The Heritage Alliance is delighted to welcome the Heritage of London Trust Operations as its newest member.
The Heritage of London Trust Operations was founded in 1992 as a building preservation trust and is a charitable company limited by guarantee. The Trust works across the Greater London area, usually in partnership with local authorities and Historic England, to find new uses for buildings at risk. It assembles grant aid, and oversees the capital works, acting as a professional client. On completion of the project, it either sells the property on, or holds onto the freehold, leasing it to a local organisation. It steps in where a private developer is deterred by a sites heritage status, and/or where the cost of heritage led development leaves a deficit.
In November 2018 the Trust started a Resilient Heritage Project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. This has resulted in a review of the Trust’s internal practices, the wider sector and its needs and informs a new 5 year Strategic Plan. The changes will be announced in due course.