PROGRESS EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 1139856 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PET

PET organises public events, works on law and policy, runs educational initiatives, issues print publications, and runs its flagship online publication BioNews - a free weekly email digest of news and comment with a readership of 18,000. The charity's activities in the fields of genetics, assisted conception and embryo/stem cell research are targeted simultaneously at lay and specialist audiences.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £120,098 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £380,469 to £260,371. The trustees note that future financial viability is dependent on continued support from grant bodies, sponsors, and donors.

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 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Progress Educational Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Wellcome — “Website redevelopment supported by Wellcome .” (source page)
• Adelphi Genetics Forum — “The Adelphi Genetics Forum has provided support for an educational event on mitochondrial donation.” (source page)
• Amicus Therapeutics — “Amicus has provided support for an event to allow educational debate about the treatment of rare metabolic diseases.” (source page)
• Anne McLaren Memorial Trust Fund — “The Anne McLaren Memorial Trust Fund has for many years helped to make our annual conference possible.” (source page)
• Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists — “ARCS has provided support for events to help bring clarity around issues in fertility treatment.” (source page)
• Born Donor Bank — “Born Donor Bank has provided support for our events and our annual conference.” (source page)
• Brabners — “Brabners helped us disseminate accurate and impartial information about surrogacy.” (source page)
• British Fertility Society — “The BFS has provided support for our events and our annual conferences.” (source page)
• Burgess Mee — “Burgess Mee has helped to make our annual conference on the status of the human embryo possible.” (source page)
• CooperSurgical Fertility Solutions — “CooperSurgical has supported our events on a range of fertility related topics including surrogacy law.” (source page)
• Create Health Foundation — “The Create Health Foundation has helped us to produce an event to mark 10 years of womb transplants.” (source page)
• D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust — “The DCT has enabled us to organise an event about access to preimplantation genetic testing.” (source page)
• European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology — “ESHRE has provided support for our annual conferences for many years.” (source page)
• Genomics England — “Genomics England and the Newborn Genomes Programme have enabled us to facilitate debate around whole genome sequencing at birth.” (source page)
• International Federation of Fertility Societies — “The IFFS helped us disseminate accurate and impartial information about the challenges around population growth.” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/10/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Douglas William Garrie Gibb
• Dr Nadine Ellissa Baskind
• Ethan Ding
• Kerry Dyus
• Natalie Nicoll
• Peter Francis Taylor · trustee of 2 other charities
• Prof Robin Howard Lovell-Badge · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Richard Alexander Anderson

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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