The Design Research Society

Analysis

The Design Research Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2024, 2 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 15064224). It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Design Research Society reported income of £60k and spending of £100k, spending 168% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2024 to December 2025, income fell from £202k to £60k (-71%), an average of -70% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Design Research Society sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Family Matters York (£59k), The Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies (£60k) and 15th Bromley (Bickley and Widmore) Scout Group (£59k).