PHYSICS PARTNERS

Registered charity 1125644 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SUCCESS IN SHORTAGE SUBJECTS

The Charity is educational and aims to assist secondary schools in the UK to improve their teaching in Physics

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Latest income

£208k

Latest spending

£175k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £91,148, up from £61,175 in the prior year, driven by a significant rise in donations and a surplus for the period. The trustees acknowledge the need for enhanced and sustainable funding to secure the charity's longer-term viability, noting that the current work remains acute due to a shortage of specialist physics teachers.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

The Ironmongers Company — “Thank you to our supporters: The Ironmongers Company” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

Isabelle Anne Haighchair
Alix Marie Pauline Johnstone-Morfoisse
Dr Arpan Mehta
Dr Kathryn Anne O'Donnell
Emma Jane Smart
Krysia Sosin
Matthew Andrew Hateley
Richard David Thomas · trustee of 1 other charity
THOMAS RICHARD COOKSON
Winston Ginsberg

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£208k	£175k
31/08/2024	£162k	£158k
31/08/2023	£144k	£136k
31/08/2022	£107k	£102k
31/08/2021	£116k	£95k

Common questions

Is PHYSICS PARTNERS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £91,148, up from £61,175 in the prior year, driven by a significant rise in donations and a surplus for the period. The trustees acknowledge the need for enhanced and sustainable funding to secure the charity's longer-term viability, noting that the current work remains acute due to a shortage of specialist physics teachers.

Who funds PHYSICS PARTNERS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PHYSICS PARTNERS as a grant recipient include THE FRANK JACKSON FOUNDATION, THE OGDEN TRUST, DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND, ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851, THE TOBACCO PIPE MAKERS AND TOBACCO TRADE BENEVOLENT FUND.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FRANK JACKSON FOUNDATION	FY2024	£111k
THE OGDEN TRUST	FY2025	£25k	Grants to institutions
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND	FY2023	£15k	Training for non-specialist physics teachers
THE FRANK JACKSON FOUNDATION	FY2023	£15k
ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851	FY2025	£14k	Manchester physics programme
THE TOBACCO PIPE MAKERS AND TOBACCO TRADE BENEVOLENT FUND	FY2023	£12k	Education
THE TOBACCO PIPE MAKERS AND TOBACCO TRADE BENEVOLENT FUND	FY2025	£10k	education
THE MICHAEL UREN FOUNDATION	FY2025	£10k	Other Charities
THE TOBACCO PIPE MAKERS AND TOBACCO TRADE BENEVOLENT FUND	FY2022	£10k	Physics Partners
PETER STORMONTH DARLING CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£10k	Education
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST	FY2024	£10k
THE FRANK JACKSON FOUNDATION	FY2022	£8k
THE FRANK JACKSON FOUNDATION	FY2025	£8k
PETER STORMONTH DARLING CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£8k	Charitable donations
THE TOBACCO PIPE MAKERS AND TOBACCO TRADE BENEVOLENT FUND	FY2024	£1k	education
THE OGDEN TRUST	FY2022	£0	Grants to institutions

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION	1	£563k
PRISM THE GIFT FUND	1	£530k
THE YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£529k
CSIS CHARITY FUND	1	£63k
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION	1	£30k
THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EDUCATION SUPPORT PARTNERSHIP.

EDUCATION SUPPORT PARTNERSHIP income £4.6m
Active Partnerships income £3.5m
TITAN PARTNERSHIP LIMITED income £509k
THE FERN PARTNERSHIP income £1.3m
PARTNERSHIP FOR JEWISH SCHOOLS LIMITED income £1.6m
TOWER HAMLETS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PHYSICS PARTNERS	£208k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EDUCATION SUPPORT PARTNERSHIP FY2025	£4.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Active Partnerships FY2025	£3.5m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
TITAN PARTNERSHIP LIMITED FY2025	£509k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FERN PARTNERSHIP FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PARTNERSHIP FOR JEWISH SCHOOLS LIMITED FY2024	£1.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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