Quaggy Development Trust

Analysis

Quaggy Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, 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 04749158). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Quaggy Development Trust reported income of £2.7m and spending of £2.4m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £3.3m to £2.7m (-16%), an average of -4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Quaggy Development Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Listening Ear (Merseyside) (£2.7m), Active Lancashire Limited (£2.7m) and Child Bereavement UK (£2.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92%, investments 4.6% and donations and legacies 3.4%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £145k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 52 people.