Learn and Thrive

Registered charity 1195053 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TEACH ME TOO, TM2

Every child with Down's syndrome or a learning disability deserves to grow up independent, connected and safe. We make that possible with specialist, evidence-based teaching resources: Learning for Life covers relationships, sex education and PSHE from primary age to young adulthood and Teach Me Too supports early years learning. Used by charities, schools and families across the UK.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DOWNS SYNDROME AND SIMILAR LEARNING DIFFICULTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROVIDING ACCESS TO SPECIALIST TEACHERS AND THERAPISTS THROUGH DIGITAL CONTENT AND OTHER RESOURCES.

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

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

Registered contact address: Medway, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity returned to a financial surplus of £17,729 for the year ended March 2026, with total income of £201,045 and total expenditure of £183,316. Unrestricted reserves stood at £88,674, which the trustees note sits at the lower boundary of their stated policy target range of £75,000 to £110,000. The accounts state that the charity is well-positioned to continue its operations, with a strategic priority to secure income that strengthens its reserve position.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Learn and Thrive (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).

• Peter Harrison Foundation — “Learn more about the difference this funding makes with our case study with the Peter Harrison Foundation .” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aaron Young
• Andrea Melanie Wilson
• Clair Smith
• Joann Moore
• Kate Rosanna Taylor
• Maja Trninic
• Maria Hernandez
• Nicola Walker

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REACH LEARNING DISABILITY.

• REACH LEARNING DISABILITY income £3.9m
• Learn For Life income £458k
• DOWN SYNDROME DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £365k
• QUEST FOR LEARNING income £188k
• LEARN N GROW income £143k
• Learning Disability Network London Limited income £22.7m

Side by side with its peers

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