Development Trust UK

Analysis

Development Trust UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05040018). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Development Trust UK reported income of £18k and spending of £84k, spending 468% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £58k to £18k (-69%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 541% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Development Trust UK sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope for India (£18k), The Christian Fellowship (Easingwold and District) (£18k) and Family of Hope Church UK (£18k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.