Primary Science Teaching Trust

Analysis

Primary Science Teaching Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in July 2020, 6 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 12596629). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Primary Science Teaching Trust reported income of £419k and spending of £1.6m, spending 376% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £316k to £419k (+33%), an average of +7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 342% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Primary Science Teaching Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New School Canterbury Ltd (£419k), Acumen Academy UK (£419k) and GNG Community Services Limited (£417k).

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.