The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Development Direct

Registered charity 1099731 Registered since 2003

Operates: Kenya, Tanzania

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4.7y median 1y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£21k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.developmentdirect.org.uk
Emailinfo@developmentdirect.org.uk
Phone01661886298
Address26 North Side, Stamfordham, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE18 0QG

Finances

£20,753 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£10,877£14,204
2022£19,871£22,500
2023£13,676£14,106
2024£53,973£38,690
2025£20,753£30,148

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS AND PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH WORLDWIDE BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:A) FACILITATING THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ABOUT HEALTH AND EDUCATION BETWEEN THE DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING WORLDB) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF DEVELOPING WORLD HEALTH AND EDUCATION ISSUES AMONG THOSE IN SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, TRADE UNIONS AND OTHER GROUPS IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD.C) PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO MATTERS RELATING TO HEALTH AND EDUCATION AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL KNOWLEDGE GAINED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 1 SEPTEMBER 2003.

Trustees (6)

6trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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