The Margaret Pyke Trust

What The Margaret Pyke Trust does

The Margaret Pyke Trust is a UK-registered charity (number 1064672) founded in 1968 as a memorial to family planning advocate Margaret Pyke. Following the NHS's assumption of clinical contraceptive services in 1974, the Trust pivoted to become the UK's leading provider of training for healthcare professionals in sexual and reproductive health (SRH), now operating with over 50 years of accumulated expertise. Its core products are accredited SRH training courses, e-learning modules, and conferences delivered to clinicians, nurses, and allied health professionals, alongside a recent expansion into Population, Health and Environment (PHE) programmes that link family planning with biodiversity conservation in Uganda, Ghana, and Botswana under the USHAPE banner.

The Trust's business model combines fee-based professional training, donations (including via the Charities Aid Foundation), conference and event income, and restricted grants for international programmes (e.g., Darwin Initiative/DEFRA funding for its Uganda PHE project). It monetizes its expertise primarily through course fees and project delivery, while generating non-cash value through policy advocacy on the international stage via IUCN membership, UNFCCC and UN Environment observer status, and the Population & Sustainability Network. The Trust is small, with approximately six trustees and a six-person management team, and operates with a coalition model — convening the Thriving Together movement of 160+ partner organizations — rather than a traditional commercial sales motion.

Name

The Margaret Pyke Trust

Legal name

The Margaret Pyke Trust

Website

https://margaretpyke.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Margaret Pyke Trust is a UK-registered charity, founded 1968, that trains healthcare professionals in sexual and reproductive health and runs population, health and environment programmes linking family planning with biodiversity in Uganda, Ghana and Botswana.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sexual and Reproductive Health Training

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Family Planning & Contraception (Including Abortion Care) (HLAKAJAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Women's Health & Life-Stage Wellness Education (Fertility, Pregnancy, Menopause) (EDAAAHAI), Sexual & Reproductive Health & Family Planning (SRH/FP) Programs (BPADAIAD)

Keywords

• Sexual health training
• Reproductive health education
• Contraception training courses
• Family planning services
• Healthcare professional training

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Training Course Fees: Healthcare professionals and organisations pay fees to attend SRH training courses. Bookings are made through the website with payment processed via Stripe. Course bookings are non-refundable, with options for substitutes or transfers.
2. Donations: The Trust accepts donations through CAF Online (CAF Donate) platform to support their mission of removing barriers to family planning.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Margaret Pyke Trust trains UK doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals in contraception and sexual health through a portfolio of paid courses (Lectures on Demand, SRH Essentials, Menopause & HRT, Bespoke Training, and SRH Partnerships). Alongside training, it runs Family Planning & Environment projects that integrate reproductive health services with conservation action, and conducts policy advocacy to change biodiversity and climate policy in support of reproductive choice.

Product overview

The Margaret Pyke Trust offers a unified portfolio of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) training and family planning services. The core training offering includes SRH Training as the primary product, with sub-products for different learning formats (Lectures on Demand, SRH Essentials, Menopause & HRT, Bespoke Training, and SRH Partnerships). These training programs are complemented by Family Planning & Environment Projects that integrate reproductive health services with conservation action, and Policy Advocacy work focused on changing biodiversity and climate policy to support reproductive choice. The organization operates primarily in the UK for training while extending international reach through partnerships and projects in Uganda, Ghana, and other countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• USHAPE: Family planning training programme implemented in Uganda
• Thriving Together
• Population & Sustainability Network

Products and services

• SRH Training Core sexual and reproductive health training programme offering the broadest range of contraception and sexual health training options in the UK, targeted at doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals.
• Lectures on Demand On-demand lecture-format SRH training content allowing healthcare professionals to access training materials at their convenience.
• SRH Essentials Foundational sexual and reproductive health training course covering core competencies for healthcare professionals.
• Menopause & HRT Specialised training course on menopause and hormone replacement therapy for healthcare professionals.
• Bespoke Training Customised SRH training programmes developed and delivered for specific organisations and healthcare facilities, with pricing negotiated based on requirements.
• Family Planning & Environment Projects Integrated Population-Health-Environment projects combining family planning service delivery with biodiversity conservation and livelihoods support, delivered with partners in Uganda and Ghana.
• Policy Advocacy Advocacy work to change biodiversity and climate policy in support of reproductive choice, including engagement with IUCN, UNFCCC and UN Environment and the Thriving Together movement.

Quantifiable outcome

• 160 health and conservation organisations joined Thriving Together movement in 2019
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Darwin InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Funding partner for the Population, Health and Environment project in Uganda's Rukiga District. First time the UK government's flagship biodiversity funding mechanism supported family planning service provision.
• Ugandan Health FacilitiescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Training clinicians in sexual and reproductive health in Ugandan health facilities since 2016, implementing the USHAPE family planning training programme.
• Population & Sustainability NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2002Coordinated the network until incorporating its activities directly into the Trust's work. The Network was launched as a Partnership for Sustainable Development under the UN Commission for Sustainable Development at the United Nations in New York in April 2004.
• International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBecame members of IUCN in 2018 and gained Observer Status of UNFCCC and UN Environment. Established and began chairing the IUCN Biodiversity & Family Planning Task Force following a motion passed at the 2020 IUCN World Conservation Congress.
• Conservation OrganisationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnerships with environmental conservation organisations to develop projects integrating family planning and conservation action, providing livelihoods and supporting biodiversity conservation.
• University College LondonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-funded the Margaret Pyke Professor of Sexual & Reproductive Health at UCL from 1974 onwards.
• Bwindi Community HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUganda Manager previously worked as Head of Family Planning and USHAPE Coordinator. The hospital was instrumental in developing and implementing the USHAPE programme in south-west Uganda.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• MSI Reproductive Choices: Large global SRH service provider operating in dozens of countries. Overlaps with MPT on international family planning service provision and clinician training, but at materially greater scale and with direct clinical delivery.
• Population Council: International non-profit conducting research and programmes in SRH, gender and population. Shares MPT's research-informed approach to family planning and intersecting issues like HIV and climate.
• International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF): Global federation of SRH organisations. Operates in overlapping geographies (including Uganda and Ghana) and shares MPT's SRH training and advocacy focus, but with a far larger footprint and federated member model.
• UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund): UN agency leading global sexual and reproductive health and rights work. Operates at the intersection of SRH and development that MPT's international programmes target, and is a key actor in the same policy forums (UN, IUCN) where MPT seeks influence.
• Pathfinder International: Global sexual and reproductive health organisation implementing programmes in Africa and Asia. Comparable international Population-Health-Environment programming and SRH service delivery, but at much greater scale.
• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG): UK professional body for obstetrics and gynaecology delivering training, exams and clinical guidelines. Overlaps with MPT's SRH training audience and curriculum, though RCOG is a much larger membership organisation with broader clinical remit.

Direct peers

• Brook: UK sexual health and wellbeing charity providing training for professionals and services for young people. Comparable UK-based SRH training charity with similar donor and grant funding model.
• Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH): UK professional membership body setting standards and training in SRH. MPT's healthcare professional training audience overlaps directly with FSRH's membership, and both deliver accredited SRH education in the UK.
• Population Matters: UK charity advocating on population, sustainability and reproductive choice. Closely aligned with MPT's Population-Health-Environment framing and policy advocacy at the intersection of family planning and environmental sustainability.
• Family Planning Association (FPA): UK charity providing sexual and reproductive health information, training and advocacy — directly comparable to MPT's domestic SRH training and public-facing mission. Operates in the same UK regulatory and funding environment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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