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prisoners education trust

The charity supports children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities, and other defined groups. Prisoners Education Trust is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by making grants to individuals. The charity is based in London and operates in England And Wales.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

PET supports prisoners to transform their lives through learning. We do this by providing distance learning courses, advice and support in subjects and levels not available in prisons. PET also promotes and argues the case for prisoner education, supports learning communities for prisoners and ex-prisoners, and carries out research informed by prisoner learners, to improve policies and practice.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£2,285,371
Latest Expenditure
£1,896,343

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 70.5%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 85.0%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 17.3%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £1,216,285
Charitable Activities £995,485
Other Trading £2,694
Investments £17,806
Other Income £53,101

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £1,611,356
Raising Funds £284,987
Governance £42,436
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£2,285,371£1,896,343£1,611,356£1,089,305£705,28821 / 1
2023£1,631,356£1,634,477£1,313,202£699,158£386,44522 / 1
2022£1,433,023£1,794,301£1,483,464£702,351£495,62621 / 1
2021£1,324,112£1,653,934£1,388,388£1,065,156£693,65727 / 1
2020£1,344,097£1,511,654£1,260,457£1,393,386£832,12422 / 12

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers