Editing English Heritage (section)

===Charitable trust===
In June 2013 the British Government announced plans to provide an £80&nbsp;million grant to enable English Heritage to become a self-financing charity (roughly following the precedent set by the transformation of the nationally owned [[British Waterways]] into the [[Canal & River Trust]]). The national portfolio of historic properties remain in public ownership, but the new English Heritage will be licensed to manage them.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/news/80million-boost-heritage/ |title=£80 Million Boost for Heritage |publisher=English Heritage |date=26 June 2013 |access-date=4 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=English Heritage to become a charitable trust |journal=Salon: Society of Antiquaries of London Online Newsletter |volume=301 |date=1 July 2013 |url=http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=5557bc147d34993782f185bde&id=1546885b7c#mctoc5}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.primeresi.com/why-heritage-philanthropy-matters-william-cash-talks-to-dr-simon-thurley-head-of-english-heritage/22199/ |title=Measure for Treasure: Dr Simon Thurley, head of English Heritage, on philanthropy, funding and the future of heritage |publisher=PrimeResi.com |access-date=24 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925194943/http://www.primeresi.com/why-heritage-philanthropy-matters-william-cash-talks-to-dr-simon-thurley-head-of-english-heritage/22199/ |archive-date=25 September 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The change occurred on 1 April 2015 with the statutory planning and heritage protection functions remaining an independent, [[non-departmental public body]], rebranded as [[Historic England]]. The care of the properties in the National Collection and the visitor experience attached to them were transferred to the new English Heritage Trust, although the English Heritage name and logo remains.<ref name="New Era EH"/><ref name="EH History"/> The new trust has a licence to operate the properties until 2025.<ref>{{cite web |title=Historic England and the English Heritage Trust |url=http://www.historicengland.org.uk/about/what-we-do/historic-england-and-english-heritage/ |website=Historic England |access-date=7 May 2024}}</ref>