PRATHAM UK

Registered charity 1099386 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Pratham UK conducts high quality, low cost and replicable interventions to address gaps in the Indian education system. Our best known programme, Teaching at the Right Level, teaches basic literacy and numeracy in as little as 30 days for £14 per student. Our work also includes preschool, digital, vocational and women's education programmes in 21 states across India.

Causes: Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.7m
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Pratham UK reported a net incoming resource of £32,886 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total gross income of £1,746,891. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £307,867 are adequate to cover future expenses, noting that a reserve fund of £400,000 is sufficient for the organisation's needs.

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 £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“One employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000 (2024: 1)” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000 (2024: 1)” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees donated £94,800
“Trustees donated £94,800 (2024: £84,647). Pratham also received a gift in kind from a company owned by two Board members. This was for a sponsorship package at an event valued at £32,000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 5 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 — Pratham UK (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income
£1.7m
Total spending
£1.7m
Cost of raising funds
£483k
Reserves (reported)
£309k
Employees
6

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (65% 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: 27.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: India

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.7m£1.7m
31/03/2024£1.4m£1.5m
31/03/2023£1.6m£1.5m
31/03/2022£1.2m£993k
31/03/2021£372k£753k

Common questions

Is PRATHAM UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Pratham UK reported a net incoming resource of £32,886 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total gross income of £1,746,891. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £307,867 are adequate to cover future expenses, noting that a reserve fund of £400,000 is sufficient for the organisation's needs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Knox Cropper LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of PRATHAM UK earn?

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

Who funds PRATHAM UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PRATHAM UK as a grant recipient include AKO FOUNDATION, THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION, ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, THE GOYAL FOUNDATION, THE HINDUJA FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
AKO FOUNDATIONFY2023£600kPratham UK
AKO FOUNDATIONFY2022£300kEducation in Odisha, India
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATIONFY2025£22k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATIONFY2024£15k
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2021£15kOverseas education
THE GOYAL FOUNDATIONFY2024£13k
THE HINDUJA FOUNDATIONFY2021£10kThe relief of poverty, hunger and sickness
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
THE HINDUJA FOUNDATIONFY2022£2kThe relief of poverty, hunger and sickness
GILCHRIST EDUCATIONAL TRUSTFY2022£2k

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REACH TO TEACH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PRATHAM UK£1.7min excess of £60,0001unclear—no doubt
REACH TO TEACH FY2025£203k——unclear—material uncertainty
THE AKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION UK FY2025£1.4m——unclear—no doubt
JAMIA ISLAMIA ISHAATUL ULOOM UK FY2024£531k—0unclear—no doubt
VEERAYATAN UK FY2025£231k—0unclear—no doubt
FIRST RUNG LTD FY2025£2.3m——within—no doubt

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