Charity Details

Edinburgh World Heritage Trust

SC037183Registered charity from 01 April 2006

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Charity Information:

The Name the Charity is Known By Edinburgh World Heritage

Address 5 Bakehouse Close
146 Canongate
Edinburgh

Postcode EH8 8DD

Website https://ewh.org.uk/

Regulatory Type Standard

Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

Object:

To preserve, enhance and conserve sites, buildings or lands of archaeological, architectural or historical interest or natural beauty within the Edinburgh World Heritage Site and its environs all for the benefit of the community now and in the future.

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

Working alongside City of Edinburgh Council and Historic Environment Scotland, we are charged with looking after Edinburgh’s UNESCO World Heritage Site. Our purpose is to ensure that World Heritage status is actively used to benefit everyone who lives in, works in or visits the city, while safeguarding the site’s outstanding universal value for future generations. The charity achieves this by providing funding and grants to support the repair and restoration of historic buildings and public spaces. As external experts, we offer both formal and informal advice to the City of Edinburgh Council on its proposals for changes to the streetscape. Edinburgh World Heritage initiates and delivers practical conservation and improvement projects across the city and engages people through education, events and community programmes.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Constitutional Form Date: 01 Apr 2006

Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh

Number of Staff: 9

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement"

Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals", "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations", "It carries out activities or services itself"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2021	£1,927,011	£1,535,299	12 Oct 2021	Yes
31 Mar 2022	£1,286,868	£1,114,323	21 Dec 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£1,135,112	£632,894	05 Dec 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£1,159,298	£785,016	11 Oct 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£1,219,427	£824,042	24 Dec 2025	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green . If an annual return is late, the box is red .

Income and Expenditure:

Charity Trustees:

First Name	Last Name
Andrew	Henderson
Hazel	Johnson
Michael	Day
Neil	Rennick
Megan	Veronesi
Stuart	MacLellan
Douglas	Brotherston
Harriet	Devlin
Euan	Davidson
Lesley	Woodbridge
Denise	Bennetts
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