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Built Environment Forum Scotland

SC034488Registered charity from 11 June 2003
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address 133 Lauriston Place
Edinburgh
Postcode EH3 9JN
Website www.befs.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Object:
To protect and conserve the environment for the public benefit by promoting the efficient application of resources and co-operation for exclusively charitable purposes between voluntary and professional bodies that are concerned with the management, protection, consewation and enhancement of Scotland's entire built environment. To advance the education of the public in relation to the protection, conservation, enhancement, understanding and responsible enjoyment of Scotland's built environment and associated cultural heritage.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Our charity has been established to unite the sector that cares for and promotes Scotland’s distinctive built environment for people to use, appreciate and enjoy. As a strategic intermediary body for Scotland’s built environment sector, BEFS draws together extensive expertise and knowledge on Scotland’s historic and contemporary environment in a membership-led forum. Our vision is for a strong built environment sector in Scotland. One that is informed, that can debate issues in a constructive way, that can demonstrate its impact, that can advocate for good outcomes on the ground.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Constitutional Form Date: 11 Jun 2003
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 5
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community", "Other charities or voluntary bodies"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2022 £177,195 £178,133 28 Jul 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £204,547 £182,409 30 Jun 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £224,942 £189,155 17 Jul 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £188,639 £220,142 12 Sept 2025 Yes Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
31 Mar 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 Dec 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Niall Murphy
Susan MacInnes
Joanna Parry Geddes
Douglas Campbell
Jessica Burrows
Tyler Lott Johnston
Robert Toomey
Peter Drummond
Maeve Weldon
From 09 March 2026, OSCR is required by law to publish the names of a charity’s trustees as part of its Scottish Charity Register entry. We are also required to publish each charity’s annual report and accounts as received from this date, which may include the names of certain individuals. The only exceptions to publication are where a charity or one of its charity trustees applies for this information to be excluded, and OSCR is satisfied that publishing it would jeopardise the safety or security of a person or premises.

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