# WORLD HABITAT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 270987
- **Other names:** BUILDING AND SOCIAL HOUSING FOUNDATION, BUILDING AND SOCIAL HOUSING FOUNDATION LIMITED
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** April 5, 1976
- **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=270987


## Contact

- **Address:** Gresham Works, Office 1, 38 Market Street, LEICESTER
- **Postcode:** LE1 6DP
- **Phone:** 01530510444
- **Email:** info@world-habitat.org
- **Website:** www.world-habitat.org



## Activities

**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.

**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.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £1200591 | £1126040 | £37725895 | 11 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £1169426 | £1131733 | £35471022 | 11 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £1144525 | £1145507 | £33709059 | 12 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £1074735 | £1002416 | £37848839 | 12 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £1147178 | £1010206 | £33623032 | 12 |



## Trustees

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