Universal Development and Education Solidarity UK

Analysis

Universal Development and Education Solidarity UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in November 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Universal Development and Education Solidarity UK reported income of £238k and spending of £226k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £72k to £238k (+232%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Universal Development and Education Solidarity UK sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Young Asian Voices (£238k), The Tendring Furniture Scheme (£238k) and Oxsrad (£238k).