PMC Education Trust

Analysis

PMC Education Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in August 2004, 22 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 05189426). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending August 2025, PMC Education Trust reported income of £5.8m and spending of £6.0m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £8.3m to £5.8m (-30%), an average of -8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, PMC Education Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dover College (£5.8m), Stafford Independent Grammar School (£5.8m) and Lochinver House School (£5.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and trading 1.2%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £837k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 182 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.