The Heritage at Risk Capital Fund is four year, £60 million fund to support the repair and conservation of historic buildings and sites at risk across England.  It follows on from the successful £15 million of funding awarded through the Heritage at Risk Capital Fund in 2025/26.

Under this fund, we can give grants for the conservation, repair and conversion of listed buildings of all grades, historic buildings in conservation areas, registered parks and gardens and scheduled monuments.

Priority will be given to projects in areas of England with the highest level of deprivation and need for investment, and those that bring most community benefit.

The fund is competitive, and not all applications will be successful. The full requirements of the fund are set out on our website, which provides details on the priorities, criteria, and objectives that all applications will be assessed against.

Under this scheme we can give grants for the conservation, repair and conversion of listed buildings of all grades, historic buildings in conservation areas, registered parks and gardens and scheduled monuments.

Applicants must have legal responsibility for the repair of the property. Which includes those who: 

•  Own the property outright. 
• Hold a full repairing lease which has at least 21 years to run. 
• Demonstrate that they have an agreement to acquire the property in question either outright or by a full repairing lease of at least 21 years. 

 Your project must be related to the types of buildings and/ or assets we will consider, which are: 

 a building or asset listed at grade I or II* 

• a building listed at grade II, or undesignated asset of significant historic or architectural interest, located within a Conservation Area.  
• a scheduled monument  
• a park or garden registered at grade I or II*  
• Grade II buildings, historic assets and parks and gardens which are of high community value outside a Conservation Area will be considered where the project delivers considerable public benefit. 
• Publicly owned designated assets. Eligible historic sites owned by public bodies such as Local Authorities, universities, NHS institutions, free schools, academies, and provided they are not part of their operational estate. 
• Private dwellings, places of worship and commercial buildings are only exceptionally considered.

The HAR Capital Fund’s objectives are to: 

•  Repair and safeguard heritage at risk across England
•  Remove or significantly reduce risk and deterioration for priority heritage assets 
•  Bring historic buildings back into safe and productive use
•  Target projects in England’s most disadvantaged communities