The Southampton University Development Trust

Analysis

The Southampton University Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in December 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Southampton University Development Trust reported income of £43k and spending of £25k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £26k to £43k (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Southampton University Development Trust sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Board of Elders of the Manchester Congregations of Spanish and Portuguese Jews (£43k), The Azad Choudhury Education and Welfare Trust (£43k) and Harrow Lodge Primary School PTA (£43k).