Grant Conditions
If we offer you a grant you will be invited to sign a grant agreement with us.
Our agreement will set out the obligations and requirements (the ‘terms and conditions’) you need to meet to receive and use one of our grants.
We will ensure you have enough time to see and understand the agreement’s terms and conditions and many of them are only relevant when we get to the stage of offering you a grant.
However, you may find it useful to consider some of these as you put together your early plans and budgets.
Our key grant conditions
Procurement
As a publicly funded organisation, Historic England and the recipients of our grants must follow procurement processes that ensure that we achieve value for public money and follow a transparent process.
Acknowledging your grant
Those who receive our grants are required to acknowledge Historic England and UK Government as funders. Read more about acknowledging grants.
Protection of the environment
Activities are to be carried out in line with environmental best practice and legislation, such as minimising air and water pollution, adopting circular and zero waste methods and limiting impact on biodiversity and nature.
Monitoring and reporting
Those who receive our grants will need to closely monitor the delivery of their project. At agreed milestones you will be required to share reports on how your project is being delivered in line with the agreed aims, outputs or products the grant was awarded for. Read more about evaluating grants
Eligible expenditure
As public funding, there is specific expenditure that can be made with our grants. There is also ineligible expenditure that our grants cannot be used for, unless explicitly stated in your grant agreement. Examples include paid for lobbying or activities of a political nature or repayment of debts. Read more about expenditure.
Public access
Projects involving major repairs must provide access to the site to the general public for an agreed number of days annually, normally for a period of 10 to 15 years. Other repair projects are encouraged to provide public access as appropriate, which may involve virtual public access, e.g. video tours and photographs.