Urban Studies Foundation

ActiveSC338751 Private company limited by guarantee

Incorporated: 3 March 2008 (18 years)
Industry: Other business support service activities n.e.c. (82990)
Directors: Mary Elizabeth Lawhon
Neha Sami
Bas Johannes Van Heur
all 10 directors
Accounts type: Group
Region: Scotland
Address: Merchants House
7 West George Street
Glasgow
G2 1BA

Website & contact details

Group website: urbanstudiesfoundation.org
The site of this company’s group or brand.

Filing status

Accounts due: 30 September 2027
Last accounts: 31 December 2025
Conf. stmt due: 17 March 2027
Last conf. stmt: 3 March 2026

Officers 11 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Lawhon, Mary Elizabeth, Professor

Director · Appointed 1 August 2026

American

Born November 1980

Sami, Neha, Dr

Director · Appointed 26 January 2026

Indian

Born May 1979 (47)

Van Heur, Bas Johannes, Professor

Director · Appointed 26 January 2026

Belgian

Born September 1977 (49)

Zhao, Yimin, Dr

Director · Appointed 1 October 2024

Chinese

Born October 1989 (37)

Pfeffer, Karin, Professor Dr

Director · Appointed 5 January 2024

Austrian

Born May 1974 (52)

Kimari, Wangui, Dr

Director · Appointed 9 January 2023

Kenyan

Born March 1985 (41)

Patel, Zarina, Associate Professor

Director · Appointed 1 September 2022

South African

Born June 1970 (56)

Padawangi, Rita, Dr

Director · Appointed 8 July 2021

Singaporean

Born January 1979 (47)

Klink, Jeroen Johannes, Dr

Director · Appointed 1 April 2020

Dutch

Born June 1963 (63)

Kennedy, Loraine Anne, Professor

Director · Appointed 1 January 2018

French,American

Born July 1962 (64)

Tc Young LLP

Corporate Secretary · Appointed 3 March 2008

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Officer history (23 former)

1 October 2026

Resigned Peake, Linda Joyce, Professor as Director

1 August 2026

Appointed Lawhon, Mary Elizabeth, Professor as Director

26 January 2026

Appointed Sami, Neha, Dr as Director

26 January 2026

Appointed Van Heur, Bas Johannes, Professor as Director

26 January 2026

Resigned Iossifova, Deljana, Dr as Director

26 January 2026

Resigned Fields, Desiree Justina, Dr as Director

1 October 2024

Appointed Zhao, Yimin, Dr as Director

2 July 2024

Resigned Brown, Alison Margaret Braithwaite, Professor as Director

5 January 2024

Appointed Pfeffer, Karin, Professor Dr as Director

5 January 2024

Resigned Mcneill, Donald Malcolm, Professor as Director

5 January 2024

Resigned Shin, Hyun Bang, Professor as Director

9 January 2023

Appointed Brown, Alison Margaret Braithwaite, Professor as Director

9 January 2023

Appointed Kimari, Wangui, Dr as Director

6 January 2023

Resigned Meijers, Evert Jan, Dr as Director

6 January 2023

Resigned Chen, Jie, Professor as Director

1 September 2022

Appointed Patel, Zarina, Associate Professor as Director

6 January 2022

Resigned Gibb, Kenneth David Buchanan, Professor as Director

8 July 2021

Appointed Padawangi, Rita, Dr as Director

3 June 2020

Resigned Pow, Choon Piew, Associate Professor as Director

1 April 2020

Resigned Parr, John, Professor as Director

1 April 2020

Appointed Klink, Jeroen Johannes, Dr as Director

1 January 2019

Resigned Philo, Chris, Professor as Director

1 January 2019

Appointed Peake, Linda Joyce, Professor as Director

1 January 2019

Resigned Flint, John, Professor as Director

1 January 2019

Appointed Fields, Desiree Justina, Dr as Director

1 January 2018

Appointed Kennedy, Loraine Anne, Professor as Director

31 December 2017

Resigned Wu, Fulong, Professor as Director

1 January 2017

Appointed Iossifova, Deljana, Dr as Director

31 December 2016

Resigned Bannister, Jonathan as Director

6 January 2016

Appointed Mcneill, Donald Malcolm, Professor as Director

6 January 2016

Appointed Meijers, Evert Jan, Dr as Director

6 January 2016

Appointed Pow, Choon Piew, Associate Professor as Director

6 January 2016

Appointed Gibb, Kenneth David Buchanan, Professor as Director

6 January 2016

Appointed Shin, Hyun Bang, Professor as Director

6 January 2016

Appointed Chen, Jie, Professor as Director

31 December 2015

Resigned Paddison, Ronan, Professor as Director

31 December 2015

Resigned O'Sullivan, Anthony John, Doctor as Director

31 December 2015

Resigned Sharp, Joanne, Professor as Director

31 December 2015

Resigned Cumbers, Andrew David, Professor as Director

7 September 2014

Resigned Fyfe, Nicholas Robert, Professor as Director

3 June 2014

Resigned Kearns, Ade, Professor as Director

1 January 2013

Appointed O'Sullivan, Anthony John, Doctor as Director

1 January 2013

Resigned Gibb, Kenneth David Buchanan, Professor as Director

23 March 2011

Appointed Fyfe, Nicholas Robert, Professor as Director

23 March 2011

Appointed Flint, John, Professor as Director

23 March 2011

Appointed Wu, Fulong, Professor as Director

20 November 2010

Resigned Frisby, David, Professor as Director

3 March 2008

Appointed Gibb, Kenneth David Buchanan, Professor as Director

3 March 2008

Appointed Paddison, Ronan, Professor as Director

3 March 2008

Appointed Sharp, Joanne, Professor as Director

3 March 2008

Appointed Cumbers, Andrew David, Professor as Director

3 March 2008

Appointed Bannister, Jonathan as Director

3 March 2008

Appointed Kearns, Ade, Professor as Director

3 March 2008

Appointed Philo, Chris, Professor as Director

3 March 2008

Appointed Frisby, David, Professor as Director

3 March 2008

Appointed Parr, John, Professor as Director

3 March 2008

Appointed Tc Young LLP as Corporate Secretary

Ownership 0 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

The company has declared that it has no person with significant control.

Holdings 1

Companies where Urban Studies Foundation is registered as a person with significant control

Urban Studies Journal Limited

Owns 75–100% of shares

Active

Filings

Recent filings only. See the full history on Companies House

Date	Description	Made Up To
5 August 2026	Appointment of a director
15 July 2026	Group of companies' accounts	31 December 2025
16 March 2026	Director's details changed
16 March 2026	Director's details changed
16 March 2026	Confirmation statement with no updates	3 March 2026