Leeds Development Education Centre Limited

Analysis

Leeds Development Education Centre Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in August 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02627506). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Leeds Development Education Centre Limited reported income of £78k and spending of £53k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £138k to £78k (-44%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Leeds Development Education Centre Limited sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include River Church Southampton (£78k), Welwitschia Welfare Centre (£78k) and The Aldermaston Charity (£78k).