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Development Studies Association

  • 14 trustees
  • Income £246k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Ireland, Scotland
Website
www.devstud.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1981

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£246k£229k
  • 2024£204k£202k
  • 2023£129k£127k
Earlier years
  • 2022£113k£128k
  • 2021£91k£102k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ALTERNATIVE PROCESSES AND METHODS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGE, WHICH STUDIES ARE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, THROUGH INTER-DISCIPLINARY STUDIES, MEETINGS CONFERENCES, AND THE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ABOUT RESEARCH RESULTS, OPERATION AND PRACTICE, COURSE CURRICULA, AND TRAINING SCHEMES.

Board analysis

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.

2.7y median 2y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (2)

2
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 14Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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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£246k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
283670
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 27/09/1978AS AMENDED ON 11/09/1981AS AMENDED ON 16/11/2013AS AMENDED ON 07 SEP 2015 as amended on 30 Jun 2023
Contact on the register
07904530415 · membershipadmin@devstud.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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