THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT TRUST

Charity number: 1163419
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Built Environment Trust promotes and delivers education with the aim of improving the quality of our built environment. It inspires and educates both professionals and the general public, through a range of activities including holding exhibitions, organising lectures, seminars and events, providing and distributing information and providing facilities for research, innovation and discussion.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income:
£2,606,526

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Donations and legacies £0
Charitable activities £5.92k
Other trading activities £2.57m
Investments £27.56k
Other £0

Total expenditure:
£2,731,983

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Raising funds £2.31m
Charitable activities £425.84k
Other £0

-£207,798 investments gains (losses)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £2.31m
Charitable expenditure £425.84k

People

10 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 11 April 1963: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
09631202 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

10 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Susan Ann Allen Chair 14 December 2021
None on record
Anna Beatrice Reiter Trustee 19 June 2024
None on record
Valery Jane Goddard Trustee 20 December 2023
None on record
Sara Elizabeth Anne Lipscombe-Nott Trustee 20 December 2023
None on record
Dr Richard Antony Robinson Trustee 20 December 2023
None on record
Oyinkansola Onile-Ere Trustee 20 December 2023
None on record
Anna Edith Moore Trustee 20 September 2023
None on record
David Robert Hughes Trustee 20 September 2023
None on record
KATAYOUN GHAHREMANI Trustee 06 December 2017
None on record
ANTONY MARK OLIVER Trustee 06 April 2017
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £2.92m £2.05m £2.12m £2.50m £2.61m
Total expenditure £3.29m £2.24m £2.75m £2.91m £2.73m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Other trading activities £2.51m £1.74m £1.81m £2.23m £2.57m
Income - Charitable activities £371.20k £292.68k £272.04k £208.29k £5.92k
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £32.90k £18.21k £37.22k £54.89k £27.56k
Income - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Legacies £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Charitable activities £732.29k £535.04k £705.43k £805.48k £425.84k
Expenditure - Raising funds £2.56m £1.71m £2.04m £2.10m £2.31m
Expenditure - Governance £26.78k £34.23k £92.52k £174.46k £88.78k
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management £29.86k £34.87k £39.06k £40.10k £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Own use assets £423.72k £274.62k £127.26k £9.57k £7.08k
Long-term investments £3.05m £3.69m £3.86m £3.36m £2.74m
Other assets £2.95m £2.77m £2.21m £1.96m £2.07m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability -£1.83m -£1.85m -£1.31m -£666.00k -£351.00k
Total liabilities £880.59k £828.31k £844.43k £809.01k £951.03k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 07 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 07 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 17 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 17 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 11 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 11 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 10 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 10 January 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 27 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 27 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09 JUN 2015

Charitable objects

TO MAINTAIN AND PROMOTE EDUCATION IN RELATION TO ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING, DECORATING, DESIGNING, ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE TRUST DEED).

Linked charities

Linked charities
Linked charity 1163419-1 THE BUILDING CENTRE TRUST
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 14TH JANUARY 1963 TRUST DEED DATED 14/01/1963 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 26/10/0211 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 09/10/2014
Charitable objects
TO MAINTAIN AND PROMOTE EDUCATION IN RELATION TO ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING, DECORATING, DESIGNING, ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE TRUST DEED).
Area of benefit
NOT DEFINED
Registration history
  • 11 April 1963 : Standard registration

Contact information

Address:
THE BUILDING CENTRE
26 STORE STREET
LONDON
WC1E 7BT
Phone:
02076926204
Email:
BET@buildingcentre.co.uk
Website:

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