Urban Design Group

Analysis

Urban Design Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Urban Design Group reported income of £247k and spending of £282k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £140k to £247k (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Urban Design Group sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% 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 City of Nottingham Historic Buildings Limited (£246k), Swaledale Festival (£247k) and Malvern Youth and Community Trust (Malvern Cube) (£246k).