# Urban Studies Foundation

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC039937
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
- **Registered:** Sept. 9, 2008
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC039937


## Contact

- **Address:** C/O TC Young - Merchants House, 7 West George Street, Glasgow
- **Postcode:** G2 1BA
- **Website:** www.urbanstudiesfoundation.org



## Activities

**Activities:** 'It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals','It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations','It carries out activities or services itself'

**Purposes:** 'the advancement of education'

**What the charity does:** The principal objectives of the charitable company, Urban Studies Foundation (USF), are: (a) To advance academic research and education in the field of urban studies. (b) To promote knowledge transfer, exchange and mobilisation in the field of urban studies. The USF achieves its objectives by the provision of grants to individuals, groups, institutions or research projects. The objective of the charity’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Urban Studies Journal Limited (USJ), is to publish an academic journal in the field of urban studies and to donate any profit to the charitable company to meet its objectives.

**Beneficiaries:** 'No specific group, or for the benefit of the community'

**Objectives:** 3. OBJECTS 3.1 The Company's objects ('the Objects') are: a. To advance academic research and education in the field of urban studies. b. To promote knowledge transfer, exchange and mobilisation in the field of urban studies.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** Glasgow City
- **Geographical spread:** Scotland and other parts of the UK



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £1014713 | £669849 |  -  | 1 |  |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £1071511 | £884939 |  -  |  -  |  |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £1077454 | £565548 |  -  |  -  |  |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £1036514 | £1607268 |  -  |  -  |  |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £1272642 | £457985 |  -  |  -  |  |