Heritage and Communities Trust

Job Title: Treasurer

Location: Heritage and Communities Trust, London

Closing date: 12 Aug 2026

The Heritage and Communities Trust is seeking to recruit a Treasurer. We are looking for someone willing to work as part of a team – with the Chief Executive and the Trustee team to develop and implement the Trust’s financial policies and procedures.

  • Overseeing, reviewing and presenting management accounts and budgets
  • Preparing and presenting clear financial reports for quarterly Board meetings
  • Ensuring that the Trust’s financial resources meet current needs and future goals
  • Ensuring that appropriate financial policies are in place and followed
  • Advising the Board on the financial implications of strategic plans and decisions
  • Ensuring that accounts are prepared and submitted in accordance with statutory requirements, including those of the Charity Commission
  • Preparing the annual accounts for the Trustees’ Annual Report in line with Statement of recommended practice (SORP)
  • Overseeing independent examinations or audits where required
  • Supporting good financial governance and keeping trustees informed of their financial responsibilities
  • Exercising honesty, integrity and creating a culture which helps to achieve the Charity’s core purpose and ensure public trust and confidence in the charity
  • Contributing actively to the Trust’s strategic direction, setting overall policy and exercising judgement and scrutiny.

The Heritage and Communities Trust is a newly formed charity, created through the merger of two established
organisations: Markfield Beam Engine & Museum, and Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum.

Number of meetings per annum/time commitment: six

Daytime or evening meetings: evening

How to apply

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Closing date for applications:   12 August 2026

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