Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

To promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the community in Birmingham City and surrounding areas (herein after called the area of benefit in particular), to advance education, promote Multi-Faith religious activities, relieve poverty and sickness by associating together with representatives of the community, statutory authorities, and other organisations in the area of benefit.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£77£64£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£18£27£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22*£19£32£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21*£63£43£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?*£12£9£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£10£15£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£11£16£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£0£6£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£11£15£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£1£24£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£20£32£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£42£20£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£12£28£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£56£16£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£1£10£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£1£10£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£29£20£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£1£6£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£13£12£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 20 years

UDFENGLAND@YAHOO.COM

07886227462

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City, Solihull,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£30,000
Heart Of England Community Foundation£13,000
DCMS£10,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Support for Families on hardship
£10,000 27/01/2023
The funding will be used to provide advice and support services for members of ethnic minority communities and aims to help people on low incomes to address the effects of the cost of living crisis.
National Lottery Community Fund - Support for Isolated and hard to reach families with language barrier
£10,000 14/01/2022
The funding will be used to provide bilingual advice and support tailored to people from the local Bangladeshi Sylheti community. The project aims to focus help on vulnerable hard to reach families the elderly and also those with underlying health ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Support for Bangladeshi Isolated families covid-19
£10,000 18/12/2020
12
The group will use its funding to provide advice and support for people from the local Bangladeshi community. This will help vulnerable people who have been particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic to deal with issues such as isolation.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 29/06/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Urban Development Foundation
£5,000 11/06/2020
COVID19 : Purchase of IT equipment for a charity that works with BAME and other disadvantaged minority communties in the West Midlands
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to Urban Development Foundation
£10,000 09/06/2020
6
The grant would pay for staff salaries, technical equipment and office rent for 6 months
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to Urban Development Foundation
£3,000 22/04/2020
6
In response to the Coronavirus emergency we wish to extend our existing IAG Project by offering our community a Telephone Support Service. We will provide bilingual support and advice to elderly and vulnerable people in particular those who are over ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Domestic Violence Advice Service
£10,000 22/11/2018
12
This funding will be used to provide an advice and support service for people from ethnic minority communities. This aims to improve access to essential services and information.
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Children & Families Needs
£10,000 31/05/2017
12
This is a project by a charity in Solihull, benefiting people in Birmingham. They will use the funding to provide support to vulnerable families, including ethnic minorities and newly arrived communities. This will allow families to engage with ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Troubled families Project
£10,000 04/05/2016
12
The group will use the funding to provide support to disadvantaged families including refugees who have just arrived in the area. This will enable them to receive practical assistance and advice about accessing legal and social support services.
National Lottery Community Fund - ITC Education, Learning Support and Outreach Project
£10,000 24/01/2013
12
This is a project by a charity in Solihull, West Midlands. The group will use the funding to provide ICT training to people from the local BME community, with a particular focus on supporting women. This will increase the skills, life and employment ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Support Service
£10,000 27/10/2011
12
This is a project by a charity in Highgate, Birmingham. The group will use the funding to provide family support and advice for isolated and disadvantaged migrant communities in South Birmingham. This will provide the beneficiaries with ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

  • HUSSAIN DELWAR
  • KABIR AHMED (Chair)
  • MOHAMMED IQBAL
  • RYAN QUDDUS Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/08/2004, number: 1105249
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 134 days late, AR21: 3 days late, AR20: 61 days late,
Main office

111 WELLS GREEN ROAD
SOLIHULL
B92 7PQ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN BIRMINGHAM CITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS (HEREIN AFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR), TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, PROMOTE MULTI-FAITH RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES, RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY STATUETTE AUTHORITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BIRMINGHAM CITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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