Additional grant for building preservation trusts

The AHF's Project Development Grant scheme is only available to building preservation trusts that are on the AHF’s Register of revolving fund BPTs or are members of the UK Association of Preservation Trusts. To qualify the trust must have demonstrated that the end use for the project is likely to be feasible and have decided to take the project forward.

Project development grants are intended to help BPTs with the costs and expenses of developing a project once its viability has been established, and take it towards the point at which work starts on site.

The maximum amount available per project from this grant scheme is £20,000 in total and could include, for example, a combination of:

Administration costs: any reasonable administrative costs relevant to the project (e.g printing and copying, photography, telephone etc) may be claimed, up to a limit of £1,000.

The costs of a suitably qualified project organiser to develop and co-ordinate a viable project and take it towards the point at which work starts on site. The project organiser is usually someone appointed for a fee from outside, but could be an employee; the grant will not normally exceed 75% of the project organiser’s total cost, up to a limit of £15,000;

Other development costs: a BPT can apply for assistance towards development costs of an eligible project that cannot be recovered from other funders, e.g. the fee cost of business plans. BPTs with paid staff may claim for their own staff time and overheads to produce such items at cost, up to a limit of £7,500;

The costs of a Mentor to work with a less experienced BPT to help them move their project forward up to a limit of £7,500; in some cases this help may be available before an options appraisal is commissioned. Please speak to a member of the AHF’s Projects Team for more information.

There is additional grant funding available for projects in Scotland, please speak to a member of the AHF's Projects Team to find out if you are eligible for this extra funding.

Please click here to download Guidance Notes (and application form).

Other grants and loans
BPTs also qualify for all the AHF's other grants and loans.

This is only a summary; please refer to the guidance notes provided for each scheme for more details.

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