About the BRE Trust
The BRE Trust is a charitable company whose objectives are through research and education, to advance knowledge, innovation and communication in all matters concerning the built environment for public benefit.
BRE, along with BRE Global Ltd and FBE Management Ltd are wholly owned subsidiary companies of the Trust. This ownership structure enables BRE to be held as a national asset on behalf of the construction industry and its clients, independent of specific commercial interests and protects BRE's impartiality and objectivity in research and advice.
As a charity for research and education, the BRE Trust commissions 'for public benefit' research from the BRE Group of companies and elsewhere. It awards scholarships and bursaries to PhD and MSc students and provides financial support for the Chairs held by the Directors of the Centres that together form the ‘BRE-Universities Partnership'. Profits made by the subsidiary companies are passed to the Trust and used by it to promote its charitable objectives.
The trustees meet in Council four times a year to provide strategic direction, to oversee and guide developments of the charity and of its subsidiary companies. The trustees ensure that the charity pursues its objectives of 'for public benefit' research and education and that the assets owned by the Trust, namely its subsidiary companies, are used in a way that will contribute to the Trust achieving its objectives.
The Trust is the largest UK charity dedicated specifically to research and education in the built environment.
Business particulars:
BRE Trust, Registered under number 3282856 in England and Wales, and registered as a charity (number 1092193) and in Scotland (no. SC039320).
Registered address: Bucknalls Lane, Garston, Watford WD25 9XX