Teach First
Registered charity 1098294 Registered since 2003
Operates: Throughout England And Wales
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How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
10 trustees on the board
- Djamila Leila Andrea Boothman since 2022
- Helen Weir since 2023
- Humphrey William Battcock CBE since 2022
- Luke Dunstan Sparkes since 2025
- Maurice Helfgott since 2026
- Nabila Jiwa since 2023
- Nicholas Robson Owen since 2020
- Paul Robert Geddes since 2022
- Prof Carole Samantha Twiselton since 2022
- Tom Harbour since 2021
3.4y median 4y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Nicholas Robson Owen since 2020
9.4y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Djamila Leila Andrea Boothman since 2022
- Helen Weir since 2023
- Maurice Helfgott since 2026
- Nabila Jiwa since 2023
- Paul Robert Geddes since 2022
- Tom Harbour since 2021
Portfolio (4)
- Humphrey William Battcock CBE since 2022
- Luke Dunstan Sparkes since 2025
- Nicholas Robson Owen since 2020
- Prof Carole Samantha Twiselton since 2022
9
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Education/training 10Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 9General Charitable Purposes 2Disability 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Education 16Finance 9Arts and leisure 5
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
incomespending£58.3m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.
1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 1.9 in 2021
928 from 814 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.
Connected through a shared trustee
- Macmillan Cancer Support 1 shared trustee
- Centre for Homelessness Impact 1 shared trustee
- The British Museum Friends 1 shared trustee
- Confederation of School Trusts 1 shared trustee
- The Institute for Research in Schools 1 shared trustee
- NOW Teach 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.teachfirst.org.uk |
| governance@teachfirst.org.uk | |
| Phone | 02038628000 |
| Address | Teach First, 6 Mitre Passage, Greenwich, LONDON, SE10 0ER |
Finances
£58,316,000 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £70,019,000 | £69,763,000 |
| 2022 | £67,725,000 | £67,288,000 |
| 2023 | £63,476,000 | £64,828,000 |
| 2024 | £58,181,000 | £61,773,000 |
| 2025 | £58,316,000 | £58,688,000 |
What it does
What
Education/trainingHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or DiversityWho
Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankindHow
Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesCharitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5 JULY 2002 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 22 JANUARY 2003
Trustees (10)
10trustees
57median age
1aged 70+
- Djamila Leila Andrea Boothmanage band 40-44 since 2022
- Helen Weirage band 60-64 since 2023
- Humphrey William Battcock CBEage band 70-74 since 2022
- Luke Dunstan Sparkesage band 45-49 since 2025
- Maurice Helfgott since 2026
- Nabila Jiwaage band 35-39 since 2023
- Nicholas Robson Owenage band 60-64 since 2020
- Paul Robert Geddesage band 55-59 since 2022
- Prof Carole Samantha Twiseltonage band 60-64 since 2022
- Tom Harbourage band 35-39 since 2021
Linked company (Companies House)
Teach First · 04478840 · Active
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 05/07/2002
6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.
Connected charities (5)
- The Institute for Research in Schools 1 shared trustee
- Centre for Homelessness Impact 1 shared trustee
- Confederation of School Trusts 1 shared trustee
- Macmillan Cancer Support 1 shared trustee
- NOW Teach 1 shared trustee
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