The International Space School Educational Trust
What it does
The advancement of education through the creation. maintenance and development of facilities for the teaching and exchange of information, data, ideas and experiences concerning space travel and the work of astronauts. The provision of bursaries in the form of assistance with travel, fees and books. The fostering of educational exchanges by pupils and teachers from the UK and overseas
Its charitable purposes
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR THROUGH1. .THE CREATION MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF FACILITIES FOR THE TEACHING AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION, IDEAS, DATA AND EXPERIENCES CONCERNING SPACE, SPACE TRAVEL, THE WORK OF ASTRONAUTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE IN SPACE AND2. THE PROVISION OF BURSARIES IN THE FORM OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH TRAVEL, FEES, BOOKS AND OTHER TEACHING RESOURCES FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL PUPILS AND TEACHERS TO STUDY AT RECOGNISED CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE AND TO ATTEND CONFERENCES CONCERNING MATTERS IN 1 ABOVE3. THE CREATION, MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERNET WEB SITE FOR A VIRTUAL LIBRARY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCES COVERING ALL SUBJECTS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PUPIL TO PUPIL AND SCHOOL TO SCHOOL COMMUNICATION4.. THE FOSTERING AND ARRANGEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGES BY PUPILS AND TEACHERS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS.2.2.5. THE ARRANGEMENT OF COMPETITIONS AND THE PROVISION OF PRIZES AND AWARDS FOR PUPILS, TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS IN MATTERS RELATED TO 1 ABOVE.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Disabled people
- How it works
- Makes grants to organisations
- Provides staff or volunteers
- Provides services
Where it works
- In Wales
- Caerphilly
- Cardiff
- Elsewhere
- City of London
- Croydon
- Tower Hamlets
- Cambridgeshire
- Cumbria
- Australia
- India
- United States
Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined. in Practice Worldwide
Income and spending
In the year ending 28 February 2025, it had income of £600 and spent £600.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 February 2025 | £600 | £600 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 29 February 2024 | £3,603 | £4,199 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 28 February 2023 | £500 | £0 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 28 February 2022 | £18,906 | £19,274 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 28 February 2021 | £8,535 | £20,529 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Down 93%, from £8,535 in the year to 28 February 2021 to £600 in the year to 28 February 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 100% of its income in the year to 28 February 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
6 trustees run the charity.
- Alan Mount
- Andrew Beddoe
- Bernard Whittingham
- Christopher David Barber BSC Ma
- Jane Holland Lloyd
- Stephen Lloyd
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 February 2025 | 28 December 2025 | Received 11 December 2025, 17 days early | Not required |
| 29 February 2024 | 29 December 2024 | Received 28 December 2024, 1 day early | Not required |
| 28 February 2023 | 28 December 2023 | Received 10 January 2024, 13 days late | Not required |
| 28 February 2022 | 28 December 2022 | Received 21 October 2022, 68 days early | Not required |
| 28 February 2021 | 28 December 2021 | Received 24 November 2021, 34 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1075681
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 25 May 1999
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 22 MARCH 1999.
- Website
- www.isset.org
- Council area of its contact address
- Vale of Glamorgan
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.