THE CHARTERED COLLEGE OF TEACHING

Registered charity 313608 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COLLEGE OF PRECEPTORS, COLLEGE OF TEACHERS

The College of Teachers aims to:- recognise, develop and assert the intellectual authority, leadership and professional excellence of teachers - provide an independent source of advice on educational issues backed by experience and research

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Latest income

£2.5m

Latest spending

£2.2m

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a financial surplus of £287,340 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £788,481. Per the trustees' report, this reserve level falls within the approved policy range of £500,000 to £1m, and the charity has adequate resources to operate for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £140,001 - £150,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)

“In the band £140,001-£150,000” — page 31

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Membership (56% of income)

“Income from membership continued to be the largest source of income, generating £1,387,037 and 56% of total income in 2024/25”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: between £500,000 and £1m (held: £788k)

“The Council has approved a range for unrestricted reserves of between £500,000 and £1m.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Hopper Williams & Bell Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Professor Dame Alison Peacock — CEO (source)
Jen Baxter — Deputy CEO (source)
Jenny Tunbridge — Finance Director (source)
Miriam Davey — Director of Service Operations (source)
Nansi Ellis — Director of PR and Public Affairs (source)
Dr Grace Healy — Director of Education (source)

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).

Department for Education — “Updated resources and assessment for 'Safe and effective use of AI in education' are now available, funded by the Department for Education (…” (source page)

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

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

Total income

£2.5m

Total spending

£2.2m

Reserves (reported)

£788k

Employees

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 (94% 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).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (25/11/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Adam Kohlbeck
Aimee Catherine Tinkler · trustee of 1 other charity
Andrew Robert Wolfe
Dr Caroline Teresa Creaby
Dr Chris Baker
Emma Blake
Haili Hughes
Hannah Victoria Knowles
Harroop Sandhu
Katherine Owbridge
Liz Gregory
Marcus Richards
Natasha Crellin
Paul Barber · trustee of 7 other charities
Professor Carole Samantha Twisleton
Rebecca Hanson
SUFIAN SADIQ · trustee of 5 other charities
Saiqua Zaneb
Tracy Goodyear
Victoria Merrick · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.5m	£2.2m
31/03/2024	£2.2m	£2.1m
31/03/2023	£2.2m	£2.1m
31/03/2022	£2.0m	£2.1m
31/03/2021	£2.0m	£2.0m

Common questions

Is THE CHARTERED COLLEGE OF TEACHING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a financial surplus of £287,340 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £788,481. Per the trustees' report, this reserve level falls within the approved policy range of £500,000 to £1m, and the charity has adequate resources to operate for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hopper Williams & Bell Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE CHARTERED COLLEGE OF TEACHING earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £140,001 - £150,000 band.

Who funds THE CHARTERED COLLEGE OF TEACHING?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CHARTERED COLLEGE OF TEACHING as a grant recipient include MISSION44, THE HELEN HAMLYN TRUST, THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION, CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
MISSION44	FY2025	£741k	Education
THE HELEN HAMLYN TRUST	FY2025	£580k	Rethinking curriculum: Designing for the future
THE HELEN HAMLYN TRUST	FY2024	£231k	Rethinking curriculum: Designing for the future
THE HELEN HAMLYN TRUST	FY2023	£190k	Rethinking curriculum: Designing for the future
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£130k	Core funding
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£120k	Core funding renewal
THE EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION	FY2022	£91k	Scale up
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	FY2022	£80k	Young People & Education
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	FY2023	£70k	Young People & Education

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The Mercers' Company	01/03/2022	£150k	Grant to Chartered College of Teaching
The Mercers' Company	24/09/2019	£215k	Grant to Chartered College of Teaching

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	—
GAMBLEAWARE	1	£351k
BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£125k
THE SCHRODER FOUNDATION	1	£120k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	1	£103k
COUNTYPIER LIMITED	1	£88k
THE JORDAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£75k
RICHMOND TRUST FUND	1	£61k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UNIVERSITIES COUNCIL FOR THE EDUCATION OF TEACHERS (UCET).

UNIVERSITIES COUNCIL FOR THE EDUCATION OF TEACHERS (UCET) income £522k
The Professional Teaching Institute income £1.4m
THE ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES CHARITABLE TRUST income £314k
THE TEACHING AWARDS TRUST income £638k
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS income £53.7m
JEWISH TEACHERS' TRAINING COLLEGE income £3.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CHARTERED COLLEGE OF TEACHING	£2.5m	£140,001 - £150,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
UNIVERSITIES COUNCIL FOR THE EDUCATION OF TEACHERS (UCET) FY2025	£522k	£90,001 - £100,000	—	below	—	no doubt
The Professional Teaching Institute FY2025	£1.4m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£314k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TEACHING AWARDS TRUST FY2025	£638k	in excess of £90,000	1	above	—	no doubt
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS FY2025	£53.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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