Overall GiG Score: 24 ?
Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 15
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +15

THE TUTOR TRUST 

The Tutor Trust is a not-for-profit charity based in Manchester that provides tuition to school children in disadvantaged areas.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity is endorsed by a respected charity impact evaluator
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Established: 13 years

www.thetutortrust.org

mail@thetutortrust.org

01618333055

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/23£3,339£3,528£-189£0£1,865£1,7926.1560
31/08/22?£3,762£3,399£362£0£2,054£1,9496.9500
30/06/21£3,071£2,102£969£0£1,692£1,5188.7350
30/06/20£1,800£1,214£586£0£723£5875.8210
30/06/19£1,066£1,127£-60£0£137£1011.1180
30/06/18£775£867£-92£0£197£801.1120
30/06/17£998£763£235£0£290£631110
30/06/16£554£552£2£0£55£551.270
30/06/15£473£489£-16£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14£605£585£20£5£70£701.450
30/06/13£370£353£17£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12*£158£140£18£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 12%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 6.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 7.5
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 56 employees
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,

Who's supporting them? ?

Endorsed by:
  • Giving Evidence
Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Impetus PEF£422,500
Greenwood Place£275,000
Department for Education£117,161
Tuixen Foundation£100,000
Dulverton Trust£51,667
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Greenwood Place - Grant to The Tutor Trust
£150,000 01/01/2023
Unrestricted funding
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to The Tutor Trust
£50,000 19/07/2022
'Transforming Lives through Tutoring' the Tutor Trust support the poorest children in primary and secondary schools across Northern England to improve their academic results
Greenwood Place - Grant to The Tutor Trust
£50,000 01/07/2022
Unrestricted funding
Impetus PEF -
£177,500 01/07/2022
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to The Tutor Trust
£50,000 23/07/2021
'Transforming Lives through Tutoring' the Tutor Trust support the poorest children in primary and secondary schools across Northern England to improve their academic results
Impetus PEF -
£245,000 01/07/2021
Greenwood Place - Grant to The Tutor Trust
£75,000 01/01/2021
Unrestricted funding
Dulverton Trust - Tutor Trust's tuition programme
£35,000 21/10/2020
Tutor Trust's tuition programme
Dulverton Trust - Online tuition pilot (Tutor Trust)
£16,667 10/06/2020
Online tuition pilot (Tutor Trust)
Department for Education - Alternative Provision Innovation Fund grant
£117,161 01/04/2020
Funding programmes to improve outcomes for pupils in AP.
Dulverton Trust - Tutor Trust Liverpool
£32,452 13/06/2018
Tutor Trust Liverpool
The Segelman Trust - Grant to Tutor Trust
£120,000 22/05/2017
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For core costs of deliveringthe programme in Leeds and Manchester and to launch the programme in Liverpool
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-60
  • PETE MCINTYRE (Chair) Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Management Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/09/2011, number: 1144043
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/09/2011, number: 07771465
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR12: 111 days late,
Main office

The Tutor Trust
3rd Floor
Virginia House
5-7 Great Ancoats Street
MANCHESTER

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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