The Teaching Staff Trust

Analysis

The Teaching Staff Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in July 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Teaching Staff Trust reported income of £1.2m and spending of £669k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £470k to £1.2m (+153%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 139%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Teaching Staff Trust 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 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Size of Wales (£1.2m), Zarach (£1.2m) and Black Country Food Bank Limited (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 66% and investments 34%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £282k. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.7%. Reserves of £15.3m would cover about 267 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.