PRIMARY SCIENCE TEACHING TRUST

Registered charity 1190196 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PSTT

To help improve in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland the education and/or training of children and young people and/or the education and/or training of those responsible for teaching children and young people in science and related subjects with particular regard to primary school teaching.

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Latest income

£419k

Latest spending

£1.6m

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £516,353 for the year, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding income, although this was offset by significant investment gains. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £19,384,718, with the trustees designating £18.5 million for investment income generation to cover core costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintain the value of PSTT’s investments as far as possible to ensure a source of income that can cover the core costs of our charitable activities (held: £19.4m)

“The Trustees intend to maintain the value of PSTT’s investments as far as possible to ensure a source of income that can cover the core costs of our charitable activities.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2024)

Total income

£669k

Total spending

£1.3m

Cost of raising funds

£97k

Reserves (reported)

£18.8m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~171.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (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: 14.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (19/08/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Asima Chowdhury
Catherine Louise Kington
Jyoti Sehdev
Laura Hickman
Olivia Thompson
Paul Derek Shuter · trustee of 3 other charities
Revd Professor Michael Jonathan Reiss · trustee of 4 other charities
Richard Jasper Ferris
Saurabh Das

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£419k	£1.6m
31/08/2024	£669k	£1.3m
31/08/2023	£586k	£1.9m
31/08/2022	£471k	£2.0m
31/08/2021	£316k	£1.6m

Common questions

Is PRIMARY SCIENCE TEACHING TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £516,353 for the year, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding income, although this was offset by significant investment gains. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £19,384,718, with the trustees designating £18.5 million for investment income generation to cover core costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited.

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
King Charles III Charitable Fund	1	—
THE SPECTRIS FOUNDATION	1	£200k
BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£125k
THE SCHRODER FOUNDATION	1	£120k
THE APAX FOUNDATION	1	£81k
THE JORDAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£75k
SOLEV CO LIMITED	1	£61k
THE CHARIS TRUST	1	£54k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE TEACHING STAFF TRUST.

THE TEACHING STAFF TRUST income £1.2m
ENTHUSE CHARITABLE TRUST income £3.4m
IAPS CHARITABLE TRUST income £197k
PACT EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED income £7.1m
THE TEACHING AWARDS TRUST income £638k
DOLPHIN SCHOOL TRUST income £2.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PRIMARY SCIENCE TEACHING TRUST	£419k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TEACHING STAFF TRUST FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ENTHUSE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£3.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
IAPS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£197k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
PACT EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2024	£7.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TEACHING AWARDS TRUST FY2025	£638k	in excess of £90,000	1	above	—	no doubt

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