Prison Reform Trust

Analysis

Prison Reform Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02906362). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Prison Reform Trust reported income of £2.0m and spending of £2.2m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £2.0m (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Prison Reform Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Howe Green Educational Trust Limited (£2.0m), The Talent Foundry Trust (£2.0m) and Landmark International School, Cambridge (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 61% and donations and legacies 36%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £126k. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.5%. Reserves of £631k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 24 people.