PSHE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1127056 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the charity is to advance the education of the public in the subject of personal, social, health and economic well-being. This promotes the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities. To support teachers and other professionals in providing high quality personal, social, health, economic (PSHE) education. To inform national policy for PSHE education.

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Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £277,427 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £927,100 to £649,673. Despite this financial loss, the trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of operating costs (held: £505k)
“we aim to keep between 3 and 6 months of operating costs (equating to between £450,000 and £900,000 based on our 25-26 budgeted expenditure) in general reserves at all times” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee expenses reimbursed
“Expenses totalling £73 (2024: £107) for travel to trustee meetings were reimbursed to one Trustee in the year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

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

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

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.8m
Reserves (reported)
£650k
Employees
21

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.5m£1.8m
31/03/2024£1.6m£1.8m
31/03/2023£1.6m£1.5m
31/03/2022£1.4m£1.2m
31/03/2021£1.3m£1.1m

Common questions

Is PSHE ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £277,427 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £927,100 to £649,673. Despite this financial loss, the trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

Who funds PSHE ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PSHE ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE GUARDIAN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GUARDIAN FOUNDATIONFY2025£10kNews & Media literacy
THE GUARDIAN FOUNDATIONFY2024£8kNews & Media literacy
THE GUARDIAN FOUNDATIONFY2022£5kNews Literacy and Education
THE GUARDIAN FOUNDATIONFY2023£4kEducations — News literacy project

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/04/2022£32kUniversity of York (The) and PSHE Association KTP 21_22 R5
UK government01/04/2022£8kUniversity of York (The) and PSHE Association KTP 21_22 R5

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 Association of Higher Education Professionals.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PSHE ASSOCIATION£1.5m——unclear—no doubt
Association of Higher Education Professionals FY2025£761k—0unclear—no doubt
THE POLITICAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM FY2025£932k——above—no doubt
THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION FY2025£1.9m——unclear—no doubt
THE ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF ADULT SOCIAL SERVICES FY2024£3.3m——unclear—no doubt
ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF OBESITY FY2025£149k—0unclear—no doubt

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