01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC039937
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 1
- Postcode
- G2 1BA
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
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.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
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
Constitutional 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.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £956,859 | £939,573 | 1 | 14 July 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £1,014,713 | £669,849 | 1 | 25 June 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £1,071,511 | £884,939 | 1 | 22 August 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £1,077,454 | £565,548 | 1 | 2 June 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £1,036,514 | £1,607,268 | 1 | 3 August 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- C/O TC Young - Merchants House, 7 West George Street, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.urbanstudiesfoundation.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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