# COVENT GARDEN AREA TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 299874
- **Other names:** C G A T
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [02280893](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02280893)
- **Registered:** Aug. 4, 1988
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=299874


## Contact

- **Address:** Covent Garden Area Trust, 2nd floor 20 Bedford Street, Covent Garden, LONDON
- **Postcode:** WC2E 9HP
- **Phone:** 020 7240 9418
- **Email:** admin@cgareatrust.org.uk
- **Website:** www.coventgardentrust.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (1) TO ACQUIRE FROM THE LONDON RESIDUARY BODY A FREEHOLD OR LEASEHOLD INTEREST OR INTERESTS IN CERTAIN PROPERTIES SITUATED IN THE AREA OF CENTRAL LONDON BOUNDED BY KINGSWAY, ALDWYCH, HIGH HOLBORN, SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, CHARING CROSS ROAD AND THE STRAND FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARE, CONSERVATION, MAINTENANCE, PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE PROPERTIES. (2) THE CONSERVATION OF TH COVENT GARDEN AREA AND ITS ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER, ITS BUILDINGS AND FEATURES OF HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS SPECIAL QUALITIES IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST INCLUDING THE PRESERVATION OF THE MIX OF RESIDENTIAL, BUSINESS AND OTHER USES WHICH CHARACTERISES THE AREA. FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM.

**Activities:** The Covent Garden Area Trust is a charity set up on the abolition of the Greater London Council.  Its objects include the conservation of the Covent Garden Area, its architectural character, its buildings and features of historical or architectural interest.  By virtue of its 150 year lease, it exercises powers over changes of use and alterations to key buildings known as &quot;the Protected Lands&quot;.




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** SEE OBJECTS
- Camden
- City Of Westminster





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Christopher Caruso |  | April 7, 2026 |
| Christopher John Mason |  | Feb. 12, 2019 |
| Elizabeth Ann Bax |  | Dec. 8, 2016 |
| Faye Watson Davies |  | April 7, 2021 |
| JOANNA LOUISE CHAMBERS |  | July 7, 2009 |
| James Francis Patrick Monahan |  | Nov. 26, 2019 |
| Jeannine Saba |  | Jan. 10, 2023 |
| Mark Shearer |  | Feb. 12, 2019 |
| Paul Velluet |  | Nov. 27, 2018 |
| Peter James Scutt |  | Jan. 7, 2025 |
| Stewart Carroll |  | Jan. 10, 2023 |
| Terence Alban Sharrott |  | Jan. 7, 2025 |
| Thomas Robert Campbell |  | Feb. 28, 2025 |




