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Now Teach

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1189146LondonEducation and training
Income£1.7m2025-08-31
Spending£1.8msame year
Spent / received85%5-year average
Size in its cause95th pctEducation and training
Registered2020Charitable company
Employees19latest return

Analysis

Now Teach is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11872096). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Now Teach reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.8m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £2.2m to £1.7m (-22%), an average of -6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Now Teach 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 Doncaster Rotherham and District Motor Trades (£1.7m), Dair House School Trust Limited (£1.7m) and Alpha Preparatory School, Ltd (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 51% and charitable activities 49%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 4.8%. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.

Income and spending

£0£718k£1.4m£2.2m£2.9m2021 Income: £2,198,0002021 Spending: £1,312,00020212022 Income: £1,943,0002022 Spending: £1,685,00020222023 Income: £2,079,0002023 Spending: £2,165,00020232024 Income: £2,870,0002024 Spending: £2,230,00020242025 Income: £1,714,9492025 Spending: £1,804,1952025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 51%
  • Charitable activities 49%

In the charity's own words

Now Teach carries out its purposes by increasing the number of high quality teachers entering thestate-funded education system through the methods outlined above, namely recruiting and supportingexperienced professionals to retrain as teachers and then providing those teachers to state-fundededucational institutions which are struggling to fill teaching vacancies.

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CharityLocationIncome
Doncaster Rotherham and District Motor TradesDoncaster£1.7m
Dair House School Trust LimitedSlough£1.7m
Alpha Preparatory School, LtdMiddlesex£1.7m
Alacrity FoundationNewport£1.7m