TEACH FIRST
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
Teach First is a charity working for equality of education throughout England and Wales. In order to work towards this the charity is building a movement of leaders who are changing lives within classrooms, schools and across society.
Latest income
£58.3m
Expenditure
£58.7m
Financial year end
2025-08-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-31 | £70.0m | £69.8m | |
| 2022-08-31 | £67.7m | £67.3m | |
| 2023-08-31 | £63.5m | £64.8m | |
| 2024-08-31 | £58.2m | £61.8m | |
| 2025-08-31 | £58.3m | £58.7m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2025-08-31 · consolidated (group) figures
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £5.4m |
| Charitable activities | £52.5m |
| Trading | £13k |
| Investment income | £362k |
| Total income | £58.3m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £56.9m |
| Raising funds | £1.8m |
| Grants to institutions | £0 |
| Governance | £452k |
| Total expenditure | £58.7m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £6.4m |
| Total funds | £6.6m |
| — restricted | £200k |
| — unrestricted | £6.4m |
| — endowment | £0 |
| Total assets | £6.6m |
| Cash | £6.3m |
People
| Employees | 928 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- Education/training
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who it helps
- Children/young People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- The General Public/mankind
How it works
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Services
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.