CCEW Charity Commission profile

CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STRUCTURE

Registered charity 1170072 · organisation 5090333

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
CIO
Registered
7 November 2016
Removed
Not supplied
Financial period
1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income
£0
Latest expenditure
£175
Gift Aid
No
Owns or uses land
No
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
Yes

Public contact address: MEADOW LODGE, BINSTED, ARUNDEL, BN18 0LQ

02 Activities

What the charity does

Advance the education of the public in the subject of environmental design, architecture and urbanism with particular reference to the 15 properties of living structure developed by Christopher Alexander.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received
17 August 2026
Date Accounts Received
17 August 2026
Total Gross Income
£0
Total Gross Expenditure
£175
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received
28 September 2025
Date Accounts Received
28 September 2025
Total Gross Income
£0
Total Gross Expenditure
£175
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received
11 January 2024
Date Accounts Received
11 January 2024
Total Gross Income
£0
Total Gross Expenditure
£325
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received
11 July 2023
Date Accounts Received
11 July 2023
Total Gross Income
£0
Total Gross Expenditure
£325
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received
10 April 2022
Date Accounts Received
10 April 2022
Total Gross Income
£200
Total Gross Expenditure
£100

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
Yes
Fin Period Order Number
1
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2025
Ar Due Date
31 October 2026
Ar Received Date
17 August 2026
Total Gross Income
£0
Total Gross Expenditure
£175
Grant Making Is Main Activity
Yes
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Count Volunteers
0
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
2
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2024
Ar Due Date
31 October 2025
Ar Received Date
28 September 2025
Total Gross Income
£0
Total Gross Expenditure
£175
Grant Making Is Main Activity
No
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Count Volunteers
0
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
3
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2023
Ar Due Date
31 October 2024
Ar Received Date
11 January 2024
Total Gross Income
£0
Total Gross Expenditure
£325
Grant Making Is Main Activity
No
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Count Volunteers
0
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
4
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2022
Ar Due Date
31 October 2023
Ar Received Date
11 July 2023
Total Gross Income
£0
Total Gross Expenditure
£325
Charity Raises Funds From Public
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
0
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
5
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2021
Ar Due Date
31 October 2022
Ar Received Date
10 April 2022
Total Gross Income
£200
Total Gross Expenditure
£100
Charity Raises Funds From Public
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
3

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Region
Geographic Area Description
Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind
No
Geographic Area Type
Country
Geographic Area Description
Italy
Parent Geographic Area Type
Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description
Europe
Welsh Ind
No
Geographic Area Type
Country
Geographic Area Description
United States
Parent Geographic Area Type
Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description
North America
Welsh Ind
No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
306
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Services
Classification Code
309
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Classification Code
102
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Education/training

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STRUCTURE
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
CIO registration
Date Of Event
2016-11-07T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 07 Nov 2016
Charitable Objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO ADVANCING THE PUBLICS UNDERSTANDING OF THE FIFTEEN PROPERTIES OF LIVING STRUCTURE WHICH WERE DEVELOPED BY CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER (CONCEPTS). IN ADDITION TO THE CONCEPTS IMPACT ON ARCHITECTURE THE CONCEPTS CAN ALSO ENABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL MEET THESE OBJECTS BY: 1. WORKING WITH EDUCATIONAL PROVIDERS SO THAT (1) PROPERLY ACCREDITED ARCHITECTURAL COURSES STUDYING THE CONCEPTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS TO STUDY (2) COLLABORATIVE ACADEMIC RESEARCH IS UNDERTAKEN; 2. COLLABORATING WITH OTHERS THOSE INVOLVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR OR PLANNING MATTERS TO ARRANGE AND ASSIST WITH EXPERIMENTS IN CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, DESIGN, PLANNING, URBANISM AND ARCHITECTURE THAT DEVELOP THE CONCEPTS;3. ENSURING THAT THERE IS A WEBSITE WHICH MAKES AVAILABLE AT NO COST THE RESULTS OF SUCH EXPERIMENTS AND ACADEMIC RESEARCH TO THE PUBLIC.

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Policy Name
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Policy Name
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures