Middle East Development Services

Analysis

Middle East Development Services is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04076242). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Middle East Development Services reported income of £42k and spending of £34k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £23k to £42k (+78%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 138%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Middle East Development Services sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include World Mandate Ministries (£42k), The Leys Resource Centre (£42k) and CDLS - Hope for Hasti (£42k).