Company No: 04708800 Registered Charity No. 1099386
PRATHAM UK
A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Pratham UK Contents
Contents
Company information ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Report of the Trustees ...................................................................................................................................... 4 Independent auditors report………………………………………………..……………………………………………………………..…….. 9 Statement of Financial Activity for the year ended 31 March 2025 .............................................................. 13 Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025 ............................................................................................................... 14 Statement of Cash Flow for the year ended 31 March 2025…………………………………….……………..…………….…. 15 Notes forming part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025………….…..………..…. 16-24
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Pratham UK Company Information
| Company number | 04708800 |
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| Charity registration number | 1099386 |
| Name of trustees | Sakate Khaitan – Chairman |
| Manish Gupta - Treasurer | |
| Alok Gahrotra (appointed 5/3/2025) | |
| Alpona Banerji (resigned 17/1/2025) | |
| Dixit Joshi Dixit Joshi (resigned 5/3/2025) | |
| Kalpesh Solanki | |
| Kanesh Balasubramaniam | |
| Karthic Jayaraman | |
| Manisha Bharti | |
| Nishma Gosrani OBE | |
| Rajan Jain (appointed 5/3/2025) | |
| Shailesh Solanki | |
| Sunayna Sethi | |
| William Samuel Tully | |
| Company Secretary | Nicholas Sankey |
| Registered office | 483 Green Lanes |
| London | |
| N13 4BS | |
| Bankers | HSBC |
| 92 Kensington High Street | |
| London | |
| W8 4SH | |
| ICICI Bank UK | |
| 1 Thomas More Square | |
| Thomas More Street | |
| London | |
| E1W 1YN | |
| Independent auditor | Knox Cropper |
| 153-155 London Road | |
| Hemel Hempstead | |
| Hertfordshire | |
| HP3 9SQ | |
| Lawyers | Withers LLP |
| 20 Old Bailey | |
| London | |
| ECAM 7AN |
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Pratham UK Trustees Report
The trustees present their annual report together with the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees confirm that the annual report and financial statements of the company comply with the current statutory requirements, the requirements of the company's governing document and the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP), applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2015) as amended by update Bulletin 1 (effective 1 January 2015).
Details of officers and professional advisers are set out on page 3.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
CONSTITUTION
Pratham UK is a company limited by guarantee, governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association dated 24 March 2003 as amended by Special Resolution on 21 June 2019. It was registered as a charity with the Charity Commission on 11 September 2003.
The organisation is governed and overseen by its trustees, who are also directors of the company. The trustees meet regularly to manage and review the Charity's activities and direction.
TRUSTEE SELECTION, INDUCTION AND TRAINING
Trustees of Pratham UK are elected by a majority vote by the existing body of trustees after meeting the Chairman and having their nomination approved by the Nomination and Governance Committee. Most will attend a board meeting as an observer prior to their election.
Newly elected trustees must sign a copy of our code of conduct. They all meet senior staff as part of their induction who outline the work of the charity and our future plans. They are also given relevant literature to read. They are encouraged to visit the work in India.
PUBLIC BENEFIT
In shaping our objectives for the year and planning our activities, the trustees have considered the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit. The objectives of the Charity, as stated in its constitution, as amended by a special resolution on 21 June 2019, are to advance education amongst persons living in developing countries, especially but not exclusively working with children within slum communities in India.
As the report below outlines, we have worked with our partner organisations to increase, once again, the number of children and young people whose lives we have changed through various learning opportunities. We have also laid the groundwork so we can provide support to Pratham International projects, with the first grants submitted in 2024/5 being awarded after year-end.
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OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
The purpose of Pratham UK, which we share with the Pratham Education Foundation, is to enable learning for school, work and life. We meet these objectives by partnering with other Pratham entities to deliver the programmes in India and through Pratham International globally. We give both restricted and unrestricted grants that support this work. The key programmes we are involved in are:
Hamara Gaon – a village-wide learning programme incorporating the Teaching at the Right Level methodology and other programmes to create an environment of learning within the community.
Second Chance – a programme that supports women who have previously dropped out of school to prepare for their Class 10 exams.
Vocational training – Typically three-month courses that allow young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to train for careers in sectors where India has skills shortages. Many are the first in their families to have formal employment rather than being daily wage earners.
Early Childhood Development – preparing young children for school and life.
ASER – The annual ASER Report measures enrolment and learning outcomes across rural India and has driven change in educational policy to focus on learning outcomes, not inputs.
Digital Work – Developing and distributing ed tech for low-tech environments and creating free-to-access digital content in multiple Indian and African languages. Whilst we have developed Apps in-house to assist students to engage in learning for school, work, and life, while allowing teachers to evaluate students using our comprehensive question bank and templates.
VOLUNTEERS
Whilst there are thousands of volunteers in India enabling the programmes we are supporting, there are also many wonderful volunteers in the UK, in particular, supporting our gala and other events, and the trustees themselves are committed volunteers. We wish to thank all our volunteers who have supported Pratham worldwide in any way this year.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
2024/5 saw continued income growth for Pratham UK, enabling us to contribute more to the work in India and continue helping children thrive. We also began to work with Pratham International, sending our first grants to support their work in Kenya.
In 2024/5 Pratham Education Foundation reached 7.4 million children in partnerships with 17 state governments in India.
Over 710,000 children were reached directly by Pratham staff in their communities as part of the Hamara Gaon programme, with 167,000 reached through volunteer-led education activities facilitated by Pratham.
260,000 mothers were equipped to support their children’s learning.
170 Skilling Centres in 18 states supported 53,000 young people to develop employable skills. Over 80% of those who received formal certification were placed in a job.
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17,000 girls and women were equipped for class 10 certification through the Second Chance Programme.
Pratham International is now working through partners in 25 countries.
The majority of our support is focused on the Hamara Gaon Programme. We are grateful to the AKO Foundation, CVC Philanthropy, the Gangaben Desai Family Charity, and Lifelines Foundation for their support, which reached from Rajasthan to Odisha and Jammu to Telangana.
The Arisaig Partners Foundation continued to support the Second Chance Programme, for which we are hugely grateful. Along with grants from the Goyal Foundation for STEM Learning and our continued partnership with We are Unfolded to support the children of migrant workers in Delhi. We are also indebted to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation for their support of our early years' work in Punjab.
Our annual gala, held at Raffles at The OWO for the second time, once again secured vital support for our work from our wonderful community.
Dr Rukmini Banerji, CEO of Pratham Education Foundation, was named one of BW Education’s ‘Most Influential Women in Education 2025’ as well as being celebrated as one of Outlook Business’s “Changemakers of 2024”.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
It continues to be an exciting period of growth for Pratham UK, and we are hugely grateful to all the supporters, new and old, who are placing their faith in us and our mission. For the year ending 31 March 2025, Pratham UK had a gross income of £1,746,891 (2024: £1,441,610 ). For the third year in a row, we are able to send over £1m to support Pratham programmes in India, a figure which had only ever been achieved once before, in 2007.
The amount shown as payable to Pratham Education Foundation at the year-end had been held because of a government assessment in India concerning the terms on which it may receive funds from certain overseas entities. At the time of filing accounts, restrictions have been lifted and Pratham UK has transferred all restricted funds due to Pratham Education Foundation.
All staff who have worked for the charity for more than three months are automatically opted into a defined contribution workplace pension scheme managed by NEST.
RESERVES POLICY
Given that the majority of Pratham UK’s unrestricted income comes from one event, the annual gala, the trustees of Pratham UK agreed that its free reserves should cover twelve months of UK support costs. Programme-related reserves are not usually held in the UK.
At the year-end, Pratham UK held reserves of £416,185 (2024- £382,943). Of these reserves, £307,867 (2024£383,696 ) are available as general reserves, and £107,715 (2024 - nil) were restricted reserves as at the year end.
Apart from this, it is the current view of the trustees that reserves at the end of the year are adequate to cover deposits and outlay for the following year’s expenses as well as incidental expenses for at least a twelve-month period. It is the view of the trustees that, in the context of proposals for 2025/26, a reserve fund of £400,000 will be adequate to meet the organisation’s needs.
RISK MANAGEMENT
The trustees have undertaken a risk assessment for the Charity, encompassing all potential areas of risk, and
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review it at every board meeting. The trustees are satisfied that the operating systems and procedures are in place to mitigate our exposure to the identified risks and to horizon scan for new risks throughout the year.
PLANS FOR FUTURE PERIODS;
PRINCIPAL GOALS FOR THE COMING YEAR
Pratham UK is on course to reach £4m in annual income by the end of the decade, further strengthening our ability to support Pratham’s work in India and the global adaptation of models developed there. To help sustain this trajectory, a Senior Grants Manager has now been appointed and will join early in the new financial year, bringing dedicated capacity to an income stream that has expanded rapidly in recent years. Trustees recognise that investment in new roles usually takes around 18 months to translate into measurable income growth, yet they remain confident about the substantial opportunities ahead. As part of this broader effort, deepening our engagement with foundations will be essential in meeting the learning needs of many more women, children and young people in India, with meaningful progress anticipated both this year and in the years that follow.
We also look ahead to our 2025 Gala on 13 November at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The gala remains a central moment in our annual fundraising calendar, providing not only an important opportunity to raise vital funds but also a welcoming setting in which to introduce new supporters to our work and community.
Alongside our long-standing commitment to the full range of Pratham programmes in India, we will be working with the FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign Charity to develop a financial literacy modules, initially for vocational training students. We are increasingly supporting Pratham International's growth. The organisation now works with local partners in 25 countries across the global south to deliver Pratham programmes and approaches. Pratham UK’s early contributions are focused on Kenya, supporting both skilling and digital learning initiatives, and we hope to extend this support to local education NGOs implementing TaRL within their own communities in time.
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS
Each of the persons who are trustees at the time when this trustees’ report is approved has confirmed that:
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so far as we are aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the charitable company’s auditor is unaware; and
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the trustees have taken all the steps that ought to have been taken as a trustee in order to be aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the Charity’s auditor is aware of that information.
AUDITOR
The auditor, Knox Cropper LLP, has indicated its willingness to continue in office. At a meeting of the trustees, the trustees will propose a motion re-appointing the auditor.
This report was approved by the board of trustees and signed on its behalf.
Sakate Khaitan
Chairman
Date: 29 January 2026
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Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Pratham UK (the ‘charitable company’) for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Cash Flow Statement, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’.
In our opinion the financial statements:
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give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company’s affairs as at 31 March 2025 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the year then ended;
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have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland’; and
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have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclusions Relating to Going Concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
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Other Information
The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our Report of the Independent Auditors thereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Opinions on Other Matters Prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
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the information given in the Report of the Trustees, which includes the Directors’ Report prepared for the purposes of company law, for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
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the Report of the Trustees has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
Matters on Which we are Required to Report by Exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Report of the Trustees.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
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adequate accounting records have not been kept or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
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the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
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certain disclosures of trustees’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or
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we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or
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the trustees were not entitled to take advantage of the small companies exemption from the requirement to prepare a Strategic Report or in preparing the Report of the Trustees.
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Responsibilities of Trustees
As explained more fully in the Statement of Trustees Responsibilities, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the Independent Auditors that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
The charitable company is required to comply with both company law and charity law as applicable in England and Wales and, based on our knowledge of its activities, we identified that the legal requirement to accurately account for restricted funds was of key significance.
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We gained an understanding of how the charitable company complied with its legal and regulatory framework, including the requirement to properly account for restricted funds, through discussions with management and a review of the documented policies, procedures, and controls.
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The audit team, which is experienced in the audit of charities, considered the charitable company’s susceptibility to material misstatement and how fraud may occur. Our considerations included the risk of management override.
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Our approach was to check that all restricted income was properly identified and separately accounted for and to ensure that only valid and appropriate expenditure was charged to restricted funds. This included reviewing journal adjustments and unusual transactions and to gain assurance that funds transferred overseas are properly authorised.
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We inspected the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance.
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We performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships that may indicate risks of material misstatement due to fraud.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Independent Auditors.
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Use of our Report
This report is made solely to the charitable company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditors' report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
_____ Shoaib Arshad (Senior Statutory Auditor) for and on behalf of Knox Cropper LLP 65 Leadenhall Street London EC3A 2AD 30 January 2026 Date: .............................................
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Pratham UK Statement of Financial Activities (incorporating income and expenditure) for the year ended 31 March 2025
| Notes INCOME FROM Donations and legacies 3 Charitable activities 4 EXPENDITURE ON Raising funds 5 Charitable activities 5 Net (outgoing)/incoming resources before transfers Transfers between funds Net (expenditure)/income for the period/ Net movements in funds Total funds brought forward 13 Balances carried forward |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds 2025 Total 2024 Total £ £ £ £ 352,158 264,319 616,477 565,415 275,223 855,191 1,130,414 876,195 |
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| 627,381 1,119,510 1,746,891 1,441,610 (437,115) (45,981) (483,096) (413,412) (265,095) (965,814) (1,230,909) (1,092,158) |
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| (702,210) (1,011,795) (1,714,005) (1,505,570) |
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| (74,829) 107,715 32,886 (63,960) |
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| - - - - |
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| (74,829) 107,715 32,886 (63,960) |
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| 383,696 - 383,696 447,656 |
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| 308,867 107,715 416,582 383,696 |
All recognised gains and losses are included in the above Statement of Financial Activities. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
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Pratham UK Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025
| Notes | 31-Mar-25 | 31-Mar-24 | |
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| £ | £ | ||
| Fixed assets: | |||
| Tangible assets | 9 | 397 | 753 |
| Current assets: | |||
| Debtors | 10 | 51,420 | 68,890 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 1,554,113 | 338,712 | |
| 1,605,533 | 407,602 | ||
| Liabilities: | |||
| Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year | 11 | (1,189,348) | (24,659) |
| Net current assets | 416,185 | 382,943 | |
| Total net assets | 416,582 | 383,696 | |
| Funds | |||
| Restricted funds | 13 | 107,715 | - |
| Unrestricted funds | 13 | 308,867 | 383,696 |
| Designated funds | 13 | - | - |
| 416,582 | 383,696 |
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to companies’ subject to the small companies’ regime. They were approved, and authorised for issue, by the trustees and signed on their behalf by:
Sakate Khaitan
Chairman
Date: 29 January 2026
Company registration no. 04708800
The notes on pages 16 - 24 form part of these financial statements.
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Pratham UK Statement of Cash Flow as at 31 March 2025
| Cash flow from operating activities Net cash provided by operating activities Cash flow from investing activities Sale / (purchase) of fixed assets Net cash flow from investing activities Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year Cash and cash equivalents consists of: Cash and cash equivalents at 31 March 2025 Reconciliation of net income/(expenditure) to net cash flow from operating activities Net income / (expenditure) for the reporting period (as per the statement of financial activities) Depreciation Decrease / (Increase) in debtors Increase / (decrease) in creditors Net cash flow from operating activities |
31-Mar-25 31-Mar-24 £ £ 1,215,401 (128,854) - (1,079) |
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| - (1,079) |
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| 1,215,401 (129,933) 338,712 468,645 |
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| 1,554,113 338,712 |
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| 1,554,113 338,712 |
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| 1,554,113 338,712 |
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| 2025 2024 £ £ 32,886 (63,960) 356 326 17,470 278,057 1,164,689 (343,277) |
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| 1,215,401 (128,854) |
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Pratham UK Notes to the Financial Statements as at 31 March 2025
1) Accounting Policies
(a) Basis of preparation of financial statements
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102 – effective 1 January 2015) – (Charities SORP FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.
Pratham UK meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy or note.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Transactions in foreign currency are translated into Sterling at the rate applied on the date of the transaction. Balances are denominated in foreign currencies translated into Sterling at the rate of exchange at the balance sheet date. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £. All exchange differences are dealt with in the statements of financial activities.
The company is registered in England and Wales and address of its registered office is Suite 21, Vicarage House, 58-60 Kensington Church Street, London, W8 4DB.
(b) Going concern,
After making appropriate enquiries, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.
(c) Income
Income is recognised when the charity has an entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received, and that the amount can be measured reliably.
Income from government and other grants. whether ’capital” grants or ’revenue' grants, are recognised when the charity has an entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received, and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred. Income received in advance for the provision of specified service is deferred until the criteria for income recognition are met.
(d) Donations of gifts, services and facilities
Donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised as income when the charity has control over the item or received the service, any conditions associated with the donation have been met, the receipt of economic benefit from the use by the charity of the item is probable and that economic benefit can be measured reliably. In accordance with the Charities SORP (F RS 102), volunteer time is not recognised so refer to the trustees’ annual report for more information about their contribution.
On receipt, donated gifts, professional services, and donated facilities are recognised on the basis of the value of the gift to the charity which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay to obtain services or facilities or equivalent economic benefit on the open market: a corresponding amount is then recogni6ed in expenditure in the period of receipt.
(e) Legacies and gifts in kind
Legacies, donations and gifts are recognised when receivable or it becomes probable that they will be received, and the value can be measured with sufficient reliability. Gifts in kind are included in the accounts at an estimate of gross value.
(f) Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred in pursuance of the charitable aim of the company. Grants payable to partner organisations for educational projects are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when approved by the trustee and agreed with the other organisations. The value of such grants unpaid at the year-end is accrued.
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(g) Allocation of support costs
Support costs are those functions that assist the work of the charity but do not directly undertake charitable activities. Support costs include back-office costs, finance, personnel, payroll, and governance costs which support the charity and its activities. These costs have been allocated between the cost of raising funds and expenditure on charitable activities. The bases on which support costs have been allocated are set out in note 6.
(h) Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of charity. Designated funds are unrestricted funds of the charity which the trustees have decided at their discretion to set aside to use for a specific purpose. Restricted funds are donations that the donor has specified are to be solely used for particular areas of the charity’s work or for specific projects being undertaken by the charity.
(i) Auctions
Where the charity owns the asset being auctioned then proceeds from auction are shown as the amount at which the lot was sold to the buyer. When the charity runs an auction at which the asset being auctioned still belongs to the original owner, the amount shown as income is that proportion of the amount at which the lot was sold that the original owner agreed should be taken by Pratham as a donation.
(j) Tangible fixed assets
Computer equipment acquired during the year is depreciated in the first year of purchase over three years on the straightline basis and carried at cost, net of depreciation, and any provision for impairment.
(k) Debtors
Other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.
(l) Cash at bank and in hand
Cash at bank and in hand is represented by cash in hand and deposits with financial institutions repayable without penalty on notice of not more than 24 hours.
(m) Creditors and provisions
Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.
(n) Financial instruments
The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
(o) Pensions
The company operates a defined benefit contribution pension scheme, and the pension charge represents the amounts payable by the company to the fund in respect of the year.
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2) Detailed comparatives for the statement of financial activities
| INCOME FROM Donations and legacies Charitable activities EXPENDITURE ON Raising funds Charitable activities Net (outgoing)/incoming resources before transfers Transfers between funds Net (expenditure)/income for the period/ Net movements in funds Total funds brought forward Balances carried forward |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds 2024 Total £ £ £ 434,101 131,314 565,415 323,644 552,551 876,195 |
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| 757,745 683,865 1,441,610 (413,412) - (413,412) (402,793) (689,365) (1,092,158) |
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| (816,205) (689,365) (1,505,570) |
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| (58,460) (5,500) (63,960) |
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| - - - |
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| (58,460) (5,500) (63,960) |
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| 442,156 5,500 447,656 |
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| 383,696 - 383,696 |
3) Income from donations and legacies
| Donations Gifts in Kind |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds 2025 Total 2024 Total £ £ £ £ 310,158 264,319 574,477 489,223 42,000 - 42,000 76,192 |
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| 352,158 264,319 616,477 565,415 |
Incoming resources from donations and legacies was £616,477 (2024: £565,415) of which £352,158 (2024: £434,101) attributable to unrestricted funds and £264,319 (2024: £131,314) was attributable to restricted funds.
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4) Income from charitable activities
| Events income Grants and Foundations |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds 2025 Total 2024 Total £ £ £ £ 247,756 41,450 289,206 334,674 27,467 813,741 841,208 541,521 |
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| 275,223 855,191 1,130,414 876,195 |
Incoming resources from charitable activities was £1,130,414 (2024: £876,195) of which £275,223 (2024: £323,644) attributable to unrestricted funds and £855,191 (2024: £552,551) was attributable to restricted funds.
| Grants and Foundations breakdown: Early Childhood Development (Punjab) Hamara Gaon Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Science Learning program Second Chance Summer camps Urban learning centres Delhi Other |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds 2025 Total 2024 Total £ £ £ £ - 50,000 50,000 50,000 - 614,506 614,506 306,000 - - - 27,819 - 25,000 25,000 15,000 - 124,235 124,235 108,244 - - - 9,158 - - - 25,300 27,467 - 27,467 - 27,467 813,741 841,208 541,521 |
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5) Analysis of expenditure
| Staff costs Grants paid Direct event costs Audit fees Bank and other charges Consulting and outsourced staff Depreciation Gifts in Kind IT costs Office costs Other professional fees Travel & accommodation AGM Other costs Support costs Total expenditure 2025 Total expenditure 2024 |
Raising funds Charitable activities Support costs Governance costs 2025 Total 2024 Total £ £ £ £ 169,567 412 58,662 15,373 244,014 229,864 256,324 965,559 - - 1,221,883 958,262 10,278 107,623 1,300 - 119,201 163,632 - - - 11,040 11,040 11,040 6,327 255 259 - 6,841 6,962 3,651 - 19,284 - 22,935 42,639 - - 356 - 356 326 32,000 10,000 - - 42,000 76,192 1,336 - 8,408 - 9,744 2,795 642 231 2,107 - 2,980 3,718 - 1,000 787 34 1,821 13 1,374 2,024 352 - 3,750 7,670 - - 22 - 22 - 1,597 502 25,319 - 27,418 2,457 |
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| 483,096 1,087,606 116,856 26,447 1,714,005 1,505,570 |
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| 143,303 (116,856) (26,447) - 483,096 1,230,909 - 1,714,005 413,413 1,092,157 - - 1,505,570 |
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Pratham UK Notes to the Financial Statements as at 31 March 2025
| Grants paid breakdown: Early Childhood Development (Punjab) Hamara Gaon Pratham International East Africa Initiative Out of school children Delhi Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Science Learning program Second Chance Summer camps Urban learning centres Delhi Gujarat Other |
2025 Total 2024 Total £ £ 50,000 50,000 648,007 348,000 26,505 - - 20,509 - 27,819 25,000 15,000 250,528 157,744 - 44,185 - 25,300 13,001 - 208,842 268,905 |
|---|---|
| 1,221,883 958,262 |
6) Net income / (expenditure) for the year
| This is stated after charging / (crediting): Depreciation Audit fees |
2025 Total 2024 Total £ £ 356 326 11,040 11,040 |
|---|---|
| 11,396 11,366 |
7) Analysis of staff costs, trustee remuneration and expenses, and the cost of key management personnel
| Staff costs were as follows: Salaries and wages Social security costs Defined contribution pension costs Other staff costs |
2025 Total 2024 Total £ £ 210,039 202,832 17,074 16,924 8,706 8,587 8,195 1,521 |
|---|---|
| 244,014 229,864 |
Total termination payments amount to £Nil (2024: £9,231)
The total employee benefits including pension contributions of the key management personnel were £142,883 (2024: £77,373)
The charity trustees were not paid nor received any other benefit from employment with the charity in the year (2024: £Nil) neither were they reimbursed expenses during the year (2024: £Nil). No charity trustee received payment for professional or other services supplied to the charity (2024: £Nil).
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Pratham UK Notes to the Financial Statements as at 31 March 2025
| Staff numbers The average number of employees during the year was as follows: Charitable activities |
2025 2024 No. No. 5 5 |
|---|---|
| 5 5 |
One employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000 (2024: 1)
8) Taxation
The charitable company is exempt from corporation tax as all its income is charitable and is applied for charitable purposes.
9) Tangible fixed assets
| Cost At the start of the year Additions in the year At the end of the year Accumulated depreciation At the start of the year Depreciation for the year Disposals in the year At the end of the year Net book value At the end of the year At the start of the year All of the above assets are used for charitable purposes. |
Computer Equipment Total £ £ 1,079 1,079 - - |
|---|---|
| 1,079 1,079 |
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| 326 326 356 356 - |
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| 682 682 |
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| 397 **397 ** |
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| 753 753 |
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Pratham UK Notes to the Financial Statements as at 31 March 2025
10) Debtors
| Trade debtors Prepayments Accrued income |
31-Mar-25 31-Mar-24 £ £ 11,000 22,775 16,340 26,831 24,080 19,284 |
|---|---|
| 51,420 68,890 |
11) Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
| Trade creditors Accruals Taxation and social security Pension Deferred income Deferred Income Balance at the beginning of the year Amount released to income in the year Amount deferred for the year Balance at the end of the year 2)Analysis of net assets between funds Current year: Fund balances at 31 March 2025 are represented by: Tangible fixed assets Net current assets Prior year: Fund balances at 31 March 2024 are represented by: Tangible fixed assets Net current assets |
Unrestricted funds £ 397 308,470 |
31-Mar-25 31-Mar-24 £ £ 1,101,823 3,764 13,740 13,742 - 4,704 - 2,449 73,785 - |
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| 1,189,348 24,659 |
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| 31-Mar-25 31-Mar-24 £ £ - 49,500 - (49,500) 73,785 - |
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| 73,785 - |
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Restricted funds Total £ £ - 397 107,715 416,185 |
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| 308,867 | 107,715 416,582 |
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| Unrestricted funds £ 753 382,943 |
Restricted funds Total £ £ - 753 - 382,943 |
|
| 383,696 | - 383,696 |
12) Analysis of net assets between funds
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Pratham UK Notes to the Financial Statements as at 31 March 2025
13) Movement in funds
| Current year Restricted funds: Early Childhood Development (Punjab) Out of school children Delhi Science Learning program Second Chance Gujarat Pratham International East Africa Initiative Musahar community Hamara Gaon Unrestricted funds: General Fund Total Funds |
At 1 April 2024 Incoming resources Resources expended Transfers At 31 March 2025 £ £ £ £ £ - 50,000 (50,000) - - - 11,000 - - 11,000 - 25,000 (25,000) - - - 328,941 (251,528) - 77,413 - 13,001 (13,001) - - - 26,760 (26,760) - - - 7,802 - - 7,802 - 657,006 (645,506) - 11,500 |
|---|---|
| - 1,119,510 (1,011,795) - 107,715 383,696 627,381 (702,210) - 308,867 |
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| 383,696 627,381 (702,210) - 308,867 |
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| - - - - - |
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| 383,696 1,746,891 (1,714,005) - 416,582 |
Purpose of Restricted Funds
Early Childhood Development (Punjab) - This is a partnership with the Government of Punjab, which sees Pratham develop a model of preschool teaching for the state and operate it in 500 schools, which we use to develop training, methodology, and monitoring processes that the government then replicates in the remaining 12,300 schools in the state.
Out of school children Delhi - A centre-based initiative aimed at out-of-school children from grades 1-8, supporting their catch-up to grade level curriculum and facilitating their successful reintegration into formal schooling
Science Learning Programme - This is a programme designed to bridge the gap between children’s curiosity about scientific concepts and the available resources by providing a platform to ‘learn by doing’.
Second Chance is a programme that supports women who have previously dropped out of school to prepare for their class 10 exams.
Gujarat – The Hamara Gaon programme (see below) in Gujarat.
Pratham International East Africa Initiative -.early work to support the Pratham International skilling programme in Kenya.
Musahar community - a programme to provide scholarships for children from a disadvantaged community in Bihar. Hamara Gaon is a village-wide learning programme incorporating the Teaching at the Right Level methodology
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Pratham UK Notes to the Financial Statements as at 31 March 2025
| Prior year Restricted funds: Early Childhood Development (Punjab) Out of school children Delhi Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Science Learning program Second Chance Summer camps Urban learning centres Delhi Unrestricted funds: General Fund Designated funds: Ivan Menezes Total Funds |
At 1 April 2023 Incoming resources Resources expended Transfers At 31 March 2024 £ £ £ £ £ - 50,000 (50,000) - - - 20,509 (20,509) - - - 27,819 (27,819) - - - 15,000 (15,000) - - - 157,744 (157,744) - - - 44,193 (44,193) - - - 25,300 (25,300) - - |
|---|---|
| 5,500 683,865 (689,365) - - 442,156 708,539 (766,999) - 383,696 |
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| 442,156 708,539 (766,999) - 383,696 - 49,206 (49,206) - - |
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| - 49,206 (49,206) - - |
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| 447,656 1,441,610 (1,505,570) - 383,696 |
14) Legal status of the charity
The charity is a company limited by guarantee and has no share capital. There are 13 members of the company, each member is liable to contribute a sum not exceeding £1 in the event of the charity being wound up.
15) Related party transactions
Trustees donated £94,800 (2024: £84,647).
Pratham also received a gift in kind from a company owned by two Board members. This was for a sponsorship package at an event valued at £32,000.
Pratham UK is an independent charity and is not a related party of Pratham Education Foundation (India) or Pratham International, albeit the organisations work closely together and share the common charitable purpose of enabling learning for school, work and life.
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