The University of Newcastle Upon Tyne Development Trust

Analysis

The University of Newcastle Upon Tyne Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in July 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The University of Newcastle Upon Tyne Development Trust reported income of £23k and spending of £5.4m, spending 23616% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £4.8m to £23k (-100%), an average of -74% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 1979%. Over the whole period it spent 482% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The University of Newcastle Upon Tyne Development Trust sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Nicholas Hurst PTA (£23k), Broughton Community Schools PTFA (£23k) and Kantian Review Charitable Association (£23k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.