LEARNING WITH PARENTS

Registered charity 1189812 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

As a charity and through partnerships, we provide parental engagement programmes to support UK primary schools. Our programmes support parents, particularly those in disadvantaged areas, by providing them with videos and activities, through our inclusive online platform. We also lead the Parental Engagement Forum; a group of organisations mobilised to improve home learning across the sector.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT IN CHILDREN'S LEARNING

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves were £181,956, which is in line with its stated policy target of three months' running costs (£180,151). The charity reported a net incoming resource of £58,211 for the year, having secured over £900,000 in total income, indicating a stable financial position without material uncertainty.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Learning with Parents (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (91% 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: 9.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Jane Shepard
• Angela Gibson
• Benjamin Thomas Cole
• Christopher Mark Bond
• Dame Sally Ann Sheila Dicketts · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Paula Constance Walter · trustee of 1 other charity
• Katie-Louise Lawrence
• Kayeye Cedric Ntumba
• Marva Yvonne Rollins OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Samantha Butters

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HARROW FAMILY LEARNING NETWORK.

• HARROW FAMILY LEARNING NETWORK income £74k
• LEARNING PARTNERSHIPS income £688k
• PRIME EDUCATION FOUNDATION income £558k
• THE PARENTING PROJECT income £566k
• LARK CHILDREN'S CENTRE income £440k
• PARENTS IN NEED income £79k

Side by side with its peers

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