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World Habitat

Building And Social Housing Foundation, Building And Social Housing Foundation Limited

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
270987
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed June 26, 2026. Filing history
Registered
April 5, 1976
Legal form
Charitable company
Company number
01247918

Address

Address
Gresham Works
Office 1
38 Market Street
Leicester
LE1 6DP

Activities

World Habitat is an independent research organisation that promotes sustainable development and innovation in housing through collaborative research and knowledge transfer, both in the UK and internationally.

Objects: To Promote Encourage And Enable The Provision Of Safe And Secure Housing Across The World For People Who Are In Need By Reason Of Poverty, Social Economic Or Other Necessitous Circumstances, Thereby Helping Prevent Or Relieve Poverty; In Particular But Not Exclusively By: (I) Undertaking Study And Research Into The Science Of The Development Construction Management Or Economics Of Residential Housing; And (Ii) Publishing The Useful Results Of Such Research.

Classification

How
Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
What
Education/training, Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment
Who
The General Public/mankind

Geography

Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure Assets Employees
Dec. 31, 2025 June 26, 2026On time £1,144,563 £1,310,131 £39,342,656 11
Dec. 31, 2024 July 11, 2025On time £1,200,591 £1,126,040 £37,725,895 11
Dec. 31, 2023 July 17, 2024On time £1,169,426 £1,131,733 £35,471,022 11
Dec. 31, 2022 Aug. 3, 2023On time £1,144,525 £1,145,507 £33,709,059 12
Dec. 31, 2021 July 29, 2022On time £1,074,735 £1,002,416 £37,848,839 12
Dec. 31, 2020 July 15, 2021 £1,147,178 £1,010,206 £33,623,032 12

Trustees

Name Appointed
Adam David Challis (Chair) June 5, 2019
Anna Katerina Paillet June 4, 2025
Dr Jess Ayers May 25, 2022
Florence Gisele Therese Bachelard-Bakal March 5, 2025
Nahid Afrin Majid March 5, 2025
Nicholas Kenneth Murphy June 5, 2019
Professor Joanna Richardson June 6, 2018
Rumana Kabir May 25, 2022
Thomas Karl Newby May 25, 2022