The Prometheus Trust

Analysis

The Prometheus Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lydney. It was registered in October 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Prometheus Trust reported income of £68k and spending of £66k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £38k to £68k (+78%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 46%. 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, The Prometheus Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alpha Pre-School (£68k), Mosque Noor Ul Uloom and Islamic Education Centre (£68k) and Red House Youth Trust (£68k).