Just seen this article on the BBC website -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23064356 (full article)
Selected paragraphs:
English Heritage has been given £80m in the government's Spending Review as part of plans for the organisation to become a charity by 2015.
The new charity will manage the National Heritage Collection, which includes Stonehenge and Dover Castle.
The government currently contributes £22m annually towards the collection. The aim is for the charity to eventually become self sufficient.
Other powers such as listing buildings will remain government funded.
The new official body, which will also advise on planning, has a working name of the National Heritage Protection Service.
Government funding for the charity will be tapered down from 2015 eventually to nothing, meaning it will have more freedom than now to generate income from commercial activities and philanthropic donations
