University Design Forum

Analysis

University Design Forum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in April 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09600079). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, University Design Forum reported income of £144k and spending of £158k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £60k to £144k (+141%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 116%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, University Design Forum sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Loss Foundation (£143k), Worthy Down Warrant Officers' & Sergeants' Mess (£144k) and Room to Reward (£142k).