# ARCHITECTS BENEVOLENT SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 265139
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [01084747](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01084747)
- **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&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=265139


## Contact

- **Address:** 43 PORTLAND PLACE, LONDON
- **Postcode:** W1B 1QH
- **Phone:** 020 7580 2823
- **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.




## 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



## Geography

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





## Trustees

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



## Linked charities

- THE SAWYER BENEVOLENT FUND (265139-1)



