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To apply for an AHF grant, organisations must be a not-for-private-profit organisation or one of the lowest tiers of the local government.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eligibility & Deadlines {{!}} The Architectural Heritage Fund |url=https://ahfund.org.uk/grants/eligibility-deadlines/ |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=ahfund.org.uk}}</ref> |
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To apply for finance, organizations must have charitable status. The building must be listed, scheduled ,or in a conservation area and of acknowledged historic merit and projects must involve a change either in the ownership of a property or in its use. The AHF does not provide finance to private and commercial owners and buildings in long-term ownership or use.<ref name="ahf">[http://www.ahfund.org.uk/ Home.] The Architectural Heritage Fund, 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2011.</ref> |
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The AHF provides loan finance to formally constituted incorporated charities, community businesses or social enterprises whose members have limited liability.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who We Fund {{!}} The Architectural Heritage Fund |url=https://ahfund.org.uk/loans/investment-priorities/ |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=ahfund.org.uk}}</ref> |
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As at 2005, the fund had provided grants of over £3.5 million and loans of over £73 million to over 1000 eligible projects.<ref>[http://www.ahfund.org.uk/docs/AHFgreen.pdf A Future From The Past.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910213520/http://www.ahfund.org.uk/docs/AHFgreen.pdf |date=September 10, 2011 }} The Architectural Heritage Fund, 2005. Retrieved 3 August 2011.</ref> |
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Buildings supported must be of historic or architectural importance – they may be listed, in a conservation area, or of special significance to the community. |
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As of 2020, the AHF had awarded loans with a total value of £125m to over 890 projects across the United Kingdom and disbursed more than 750 individual grants with a total value of over £10M. |
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==Legal status== |
==Legal status== |
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The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is a registered charity (No. 266780) founded in 1976 to promote the conservation and re-use of historic buildings across the United Kingdom. As the leading social investor in the UK for over 40 years, it provides communities with advice, grants and loans to help them find enterprising and sustainable ways to revitalise the old buildings they love, particularly in economically disadvantaged areas.
To apply for an AHF grant, organisations must be a not-for-private-profit organisation or one of the lowest tiers of the local government.[1]
The AHF provides loan finance to formally constituted incorporated charities, community businesses or social enterprises whose members have limited liability.[2]
Buildings supported must be of historic or architectural importance – they may be listed, in a conservation area, or of special significance to the community.
As of 2020, the AHF had awarded loans with a total value of £125m to over 890 projects across the United Kingdom and disbursed more than 750 individual grants with a total value of over £10M.
The fund is incorporated as a company limited by guarantee without a share capital and registered at Companies House number 01150304.
In June 2011 it was announced that the AHF would be administering the new £2 million Challenge Fund to rescue historic buildings at risk. The fund is to be formed by a donation of £1 million from the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation over five years and an additional £1 million from English Heritage. The buildings targeted will be Grade I and Grade II* status buildings on English Heritage's Heritage at Risk register.[3]
Some of projects the AHF has helped finance include:
List of all case studies:
