# ARCHITECTS BENEVOLENT SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 265139
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Feb. 21, 1973
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=265139


## Contact

- **Address:** 43 PORTLAND PLACE, LONDON
- **Postcode:** W1B 1QH
- **Phone:** 02075802823
- **Email:** help@absnet.org.uk
- **Website:** www.absnet.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS ENGAGED OR FORMERLY ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE AND THE SPOUSES, CIVIL PARTNERS, WIDOWS, WIDOWERS, SURVIVING CIVIL PARTNERS, CHILDREN AND OTHER DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PERSONS BEING IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.

**Activities:** Architects Benevolent Society offers confidential advice, support and financial assistance to the architectural community and their families in times of need.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Other Finance, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Botswana
- Colombia
- Italy
- Kenya
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 30, 2024 | £1092119 | £2472767 | £29634655 | 12 |
| Sept. 30, 2023 | £1253533 | £2393021 | £29508196 | 12 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | £1905191 | £2102827 | £32059794 | 12 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | £1070896 | £2112404 | £32381465 | 12 |
| Sept. 30, 2020 | £790796 | £2072457 | £31389898 | 12 |



## Trustees

- **Richard Brindley** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 21, 2015
- Andrew Hugh McLeish — appointed June 15, 2022
- Christl Anne Hughes MBE — appointed Feb. 26, 2025
- Deborah Kearns — appointed April 14, 2025
- John Lindsay Moakes — appointed March 9, 2017
- Kathryn Anne Fisher — appointed April 10, 2025
- Kuljeet Kaur Sibia — appointed June 4, 2025
- MARK AUSTIN HODGKINSON — appointed Feb. 28, 2024
- Marc Cairns — appointed Dec. 9, 2025
- Richard John McCluggage — appointed June 15, 2022
- Robert Robinson Bedner — appointed April 14, 2025
- Sangeeta Shenoy — appointed June 15, 2022