The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) provides targeted investment that leads to the sustainable reuse and management of historic buildings. The focus is on supporting charities and social enterprises to regenerate historic buildings in order to provide new or revitalised spaces.
Funding is provided through the following grants and loans:
Heritage Revival Fund – to help communities to rescue and repurpose neglected historic buildings – usually in town centres. It will do this by supporting community organisations to take ownership of historic buildings, transforming them into vibrant spaces that meet their needs.
Three levels of grant funding are available:
- Project Viability Grants – up to £20,000
- Project Development Grants – up to £100,000
- Capital Grants – up to £500,000
Charitable companies limited by guarantee, CIOs, CICs limited by guarantee, CBSs, not-for-private profit companies limited by guarantee, co-operatives, and parish and town councils can apply.
Heritage Impact Fund (loans) – tailored, flexible loans of between £25,000 and £500,000 for up to three years to charities, social enterprises and community businesses that want to acquire, reuse or redevelop historic or architecturally important buildings in the UK.
AHF General Funds (loans) – loans up to £500,000 for investment in heritage-led projects including redeveloping or buying a building, for smaller scale improvements or to support the development of new activities or services
Energy Resilience Fund (blended loan and grant) – a blended finance funding package to support charities and social enterprises that are looking to improve their energy resilience through the installation of energy-generating and energy-saving technology and building adaptations or the purchase of energy efficient or environmentally friendly equipment.
AHF loans are for CIOs, charitable companies limited by guarantee, CICs limited by guarantee, CBSs, co-operatives and not-for-private profit companies limited by guarantee.
Focus of fund/fund aims:
Funding for revitalising historic buildings
Application deadline:
Expressions of Interest may be submitted at any time