University of Sunderland Development Trust

Analysis

University of Sunderland Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sunderland. It was registered in October 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, University of Sunderland Development Trust reported income of £491k and spending of £571k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £529k to £491k (-7.3%), an average of -1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 949%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, University of Sunderland Development Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yes to Life Ltd (£491k), Rockcliffe Charitable Trust (£491k) and Hoot Creative Arts (£490k).