# PROGRESS EDUCATIONAL TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1139856
- **Other names:** PET
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Jan. 14, 2011
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1139856


## Contact

- **Address:** 140 GRAY'S INN ROAD, LONDON
- **Postcode:** WC1X 8AX
- **Phone:** 02072787870
- **Email:** admin@progress.org.uk
- **Website:** www.progress.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL (AND IN PARTICULAR AMONGST THOSE CONCERNED WITH GENETIC DISEASE AND INFERTILITY) IN THE FIELDS OF HUMAN GENETICS, ASSISTED CONCEPTION AND EMBRYOLOGY, INCLUDING THEIR ETHICAL AND REGULATORY ASPECTS.

**Activities:** PET organises public events, works on law and policy, runs educational initiatives, issues print publications, and runs its flagship online publication BioNews - a free weekly email digest of news and comment with a readership of 18,000. The charity's activities in the fields of genetics, assisted conception and embryo/stem cell research are targeted simultaneously at lay and specialist audiences.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £180106 | £300204 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £290409 | £274558 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £270969 | £258106 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £278195 | £206369 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £239650 | £210939 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Douglas William Garrie Gibb — appointed Jan. 1, 2025
- Dr Nadine Ellissa Baskind — appointed Sept. 12, 2025
- Ethan Ding — appointed March 25, 2026
- Kerry Dyus — appointed Sept. 11, 2018
- Natalie Nicoll — appointed April 27, 2021
- Peter Francis Taylor — appointed May 21, 2018
- Prof Robin Howard Lovell-Badge — appointed Jan. 1, 2019
- Professor Richard Alexander Anderson — appointed Sept. 12, 2025