DEVELOPMENT STUDIES ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 283670 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as D S A · also registered in Scotland as SC044852 (OSCR)

To advance knowledge of the alternative processes and methods of socio-economic change, which studies are commonly referred to as development studies. The focus of study is developing countries and countries in transition.

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.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £153,741, with the trustees noting that with sufficient reserves, the DSA continues to allocate funds towards its central purposes. The charity operates on a receipts and payments basis, and the independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• UNU Macau at the 2019 Development Studies Association Conference unu.edu · 21/06/2019

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Claire Louise Mcloughlin
• Dr Eyob Balcha Gebremariam
• Dr Ibrahim Nateel
• Dr Kamna Patel
• Dr Kate Armour Pruce
• Dr Oliver Edward Walton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Pritish Behuria
• Dr Rakiya Mamman
• Dr Touseef Yousuf Mir
• Prof Laura Emma Camfield
• Prof Michael Jennings
• Prof Mohammad Jahangir Alam Chowdhury
• Professor Indrajit Roy · trustee of 1 other charity
• Roxanne Tiemann

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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• REGIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION income £1.4m
• THE POLITICAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM income £932k
• THE INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES income £23.4m
• THE DESIGN RESEARCH SOCIETY income £202k
• TRANSAID WORLDWIDE SERVICES LIMITED income £1.5m
• VSO income £24.7m

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