BUILD STUDIOS LIMITED

Registered charity 1195529 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Build Studios is a hub for the built environment. We aim to inspire young people about the design of towns and cities through collaboration and learning.We work within our community to improve understanding of the built environment and access to careers in the sector for young people.We deliver events, seminars and networking to inspire people and share best practice.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:A. TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 30 LIVING IN ENGLAND BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY ON THE THEMES OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, TOWN PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, URBAN MANAGEMENT, BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS AND RELATED DISCIPLINES, AS A MEANS OF:I) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;II) ADVANCING EDUCATION; III) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT.B. TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARITABLE RESOURCES BY PROVIDING CHARITIES (WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THOSE INVOLVED WITH THE SUBJECT AREAS SPECIFIED AT A ABOVE) WITH OFFICE AND/OR MEETING SPACE ON A NON-COMMERCIAL BASIS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lambeth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £22,623 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £99,407. The trustees confirm that the charity has met its target essential reserves of £25,717, which is based on a policy of holding three months of operational expenditure. The financial position is described as steady with no material uncertainties noted regarding the continuation of activities.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2021 (received 18/11/2022, 18 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN RUSHTONchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ben Michael Rowlatt
• GIANMARIA GIVANNI
• Grace Caroline Allman
• IBRAHIM BUHARI
• IDOWU OLUWASEUN OLANREWAJU GBOLADE
• Maxwell Mutanda · trustee of 1 other charity
• Penny Alexander
• Rupert Moyne

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BATH ARTISTS' STUDIOS LIMITED.

• BATH ARTISTS' STUDIOS LIMITED income £142k
• THE BUILD CHARITY income £115k
• THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT TRUST income £2.7m
• STUDIO THEATRE income £67k
• BUILDING SOCIETIES TRUST LIMITED income £139k
• BUILD IT INTERNATIONAL income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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