The Professional Teaching Institute

Analysis

The Professional Teaching Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2006, 20 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 05910443). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Professional Teaching Institute reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.6m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.4m (+41%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Professional Teaching Institute sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Elizabeth Creak Charitable Trust (£1.4m), Vipassana Trust (£1.4m) and Back on Track Manchester Ltd (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 64%, charitable activities 33%, investments 1.9% and trading 1.1%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 7.1%. Reserves of £740k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.