Gender and Development Network

Analysis

Gender and Development Network is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06975360). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Gender and Development Network reported income of £354k and spending of £329k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £339k to £354k (+4.5%), an average of +1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Gender and Development Network 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 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southwark Irish Pensioners Project (£354k), Kollel Ahavas Torah (£354k) and Sylvanus Lysons Charity (£354k).