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THE TEACHING AWARDS TRUST

Registered charity 1074968 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE TEACHING AWARDS TRUST NUMBER 1

Identification of outstanding teachers and assistants and making appropriate awards.

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Latest income
£638k
Latest spending
£676k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity delivered a deficit of £37,402 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reducing its unrestricted reserves to £110,575. The trustees report that while current reserves are above the three-month target, the anticipated deficit for the following year will reduce reserves to approximately one month of operating costs, which is below the target level. To address this, the trustees have agreed to a plan involving modest surpluses, expenditure reviews, and ensuring project funding covers overheads.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: in excess of £90,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £60k)
“There was one employee whose emoluments were in excess of £90,000 in 2025. (One over £70,000 in 2024.)” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“There was one employee whose emoluments were in excess of £90,000 in 2025. (One over £70,000 in 2024.)” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of core operating costs (held: £111k)
“The trustees have agreed a target level of reserves equivalent to a minimum of three months of core operating costs.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: The Teaching Awards Company Limited
“The Teaching Awards Company Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Teaching Awards Trust. Its specific responsibilities are to run the Teaching Awards process and operations and to secure funding in order to do so.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Teaching Awards Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£638k
Total spending
£676k
Cost of raising funds
£80k
Reserves (reported)
£111k
Employees
6

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£638k£676k
31/03/2024£602k£608k
31/03/2023£539k£554k
31/03/2022£609k£544k
31/03/2021£313k£299k

Common questions

Is THE TEACHING AWARDS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity delivered a deficit of £37,402 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reducing its unrestricted reserves to £110,575. The trustees report that while current reserves are above the three-month target, the anticipated deficit for the following year will reduce reserves to approximately one month of operating costs, which is below the target level. To address this, the trustees have agreed to a plan involving modest surpluses, expenditure reviews, and ensuring project funding covers overheads. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE TEACHING AWARDS TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the in excess of £90,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE WINDFALL FOUNDATION1—
THE HELEN HAMLYN TRUST1£1.0m
AKO FOUNDATION1£750k
MISSION441£741k
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£725k
THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST1£400k
The Leathersellers' Foundation1£275k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£250k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE TEACHING STAFF TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE TEACHING AWARDS TRUST£638kin excess of £90,0001above—no doubt
THE TEACHING STAFF TRUST FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
INSPIRING TEACHERS FY2025£395k—0unclear—noted
AL RISALAH EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
THE IMMIGRANTS' AID TRUST FY2025£106k—0unclear—no doubt
NOW TEACH FY2025£1.7m——above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.