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2022-08-31-accounts

Action Tutoring Ltd

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31st August 2022

Registered charity Number 1147175 Company Number 08105978

Registered Office: Action Tutoring, The Dock, Tobacco Quay, Wapping Lane, London E1W 2SF

Contents

Trustees’ Report:
From the Chair page 3
Charitable aims and objectives page 4
Delivery of aims and objectives page 5
How the activity delivers public benefit page 6
Summary of activity page 6
Impact page 8
Fundraising activity page 13
Funders page 14
Financial review page 16
Structure, governance and management page 17
Future plans page 20
Legal and administrative details page 22
Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities page 23
Independent auditors’ report Page 25
Financial Statements:
Statement of Financial Activities for the period ended 31 August
2022		 Page 29
Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2022 Page 30
Statement of cash flows for the period ended 31 August 2022 Page 31
Notes to the financial statements for the period ended 31 August
2022		 Page 32

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TRUSTEES’ REPORT

From the Chair

2021-22 was another milestone year for Action Tutoring. We supported the highest number of pupils in our history, 6,159, and we celebrated ten years of being officially registered as a charity. Over this decade the charity has helped over 26,000 disadvantaged pupils thanks to the generosity of over 9,000 volunteer tutors. Our ten year celebrations included an event in parliament, kindly hosted by Alex Norris, MP, attended by headteachers, volunteers, funders, staff, sector partners and policy makers.

Although the biggest disruptions of school closures thankfully didn’t reoccur during 2021-22, Covid still caused widespread disruption through high levels of pupil and teacher absences. This impact was seen in attendance of our tutoring sessions as well. Despite this disruption, we are thrilled that our results continue to show strong evidence of the impact our programme has, whether online or face to face tutoring.

We continued to advocate for the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) to be extended beyond 2024, implementing recommendations to improve its impact, and become a lasting feature of the education system. We believe this powerful intervention can have a meaningful impact on closing the attainment gap and improving the life chances of hundreds of thousands of disadvantaged young people across the country. In particular, we were delighted to partner with the Centre for Education and Youth on their report, ‘Levelling Up Tutoring.’

Finally, in May 2022, we were thrilled to have been shortlisted to the final three for the Civil Society Charity Awards (education and training category). We were recognised for our response to the Covid pandemic and our impact on the education of young people facing disadvantage.

As we enter another turbulent year for our pupils, schools and society we remain focused and determined to deliver our mission to tackle the attainment gap and enable pupils facing disadvantage to make meaningful academic progress, opening doors to future opportunities.

Peter Baines , Chair of Trustees, November 2022

Speakers at the 10th anniversary parliament event: Lucy Walker Collins (Headteacher), Ranjit Matharu (Action Tutoring volunteer), Andy Ratcliffe (Trustee), Peter Baines (Chair of Trustees), Susannah Hardyman (CEO and Founder)

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Charitable aims and objectives

Action Tutoring aims to support pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds to achieve a meaningful level of academic attainment, with a view to enabling them to progress to further education, employment or training. It does this by providing high-quality volunteer tutors to work with pupils, increasing their subject knowledge, confidence and study skills.

Action Tutoring seeks to tackle socio-economic disadvantage by making the benefits of tuition more widely accessible, and to enable more young people to reach their potential in life, regardless of their background.

The charity’s aims are to support people in education through:

Action Tutoring works in partnership with non-selective state primary and secondary schools where a higher than average percentage of pupils are eligible for Pupil Premium funding.

Within those schools, Action Tutoring specifically supports the following groups:

Primary schools

Secondary schools

Through the provision of tutoring Action Tutoring aims to achieve the following:

1 This includes all pupils who have been eligible for Free School Meals (FSM) in the last six years.

2 In 2016-17 the GCSE grading system changed to 9-1, with the new standard ‘pass’ grades set at a grade 4.

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standards in English and maths.

five strong GCSEs (grade 4 or 5), including English and maths.

Delivery of aims and objectives

Action Tutoring’s programmes are delivered in partnership with schools. A ‘block’ of tutoring is composed of 10-20 weeks of hour-long sessions with a high-quality volunteer tutor. The schools are responsible for identifying the pupils to take part in the programme and the selection is discussed with Action Tutoring to ensure it corresponds with the charity’s guidelines.

Action Tutoring recruits high-quality volunteer tutors, who volunteer for a minimum of an hour a week for a block, at one of the charity’s partner schools or on an online programme. All volunteers attend an online training and induction session, prior to beginning their tutoring, and complete a DBS check. Tutors supporting online complete an additional training module. Volunteer tutors come from a wide range of backgrounds including, but not limited to, university students, corporate employees and retired professionals.

All Action Tutoring volunteers must meet the organisation’s minimum requirements for academic achievements and skills developed: educated to degree level or studying towards a degree, B or above at A Level in the subject they wish to tutor (or a close equivalent), evidence of strong communication skills and some experience of working with young people or a strong understanding of the skills needed to work with young people.

Action Tutoring provides carefully structured resources for volunteer tutors, tailored to the curriculum and the delivery medium, that can be adapted to the needs of individual pupils. Quality assuring the delivery of the tutoring sessions, resources, volunteer training and ongoing support is a key priority for the charity. Alongside this, robust impact measurement and evaluation is paramount. This is done in a number of ways: including carrying out baseline and progress assessments with pupils, which also help to inform key subject areas to focus tutoring on; and data sharing and analysis with partner schools including the grades pupils are currently working at and eventual SAT or GCSE results.

The Senior Management Team and Trustees review the aims and activities of the charity each year to ensure that every area of the work it carries out benefits those the charity seeks to help.

The Trustees confirm they have complied with the duty in Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission general guidance on public benefit.

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How Action Tutoring’s activity delivers public benefit

Action Tutoring provides the opportunity for disadvantaged young people to benefit from small group tuition, of ideally three pupils or less, to increase their academic performance, study skills and confidence. It aims to equip pupils to leave school with the grades necessary to either excel at secondary school or to go on to further education, employment or training on leaving school, with the intention of breaking the cycle of poverty and enabling them to contribute to society.

Action Tutoring partners with schools with a higher than average percentage of pupils eligible for Pupil Premium funding, to ensure that the support is getting to the most disadvantaged young people. Schools are then asked to particularly prioritise giving places on the programme to their Pupil Premium pupils.

Action Tutoring supports pupils by providing them with a volunteer tutor who will work within Action Tutoring’s resources framework, to deliver personal tutorials relevant to their pupil’s needs. Pupils referred to Action Tutoring will be at risk of leaving secondary school without basic GCSE qualifications or at risk of leaving primary school without reaching national standards, and would not otherwise have access to private tutoring to support them in their education.

Summary of activity

In 2021-22, Action Tutoring’s operations supported pupils located across nine cities and areas. Tutoring was delivered in person and online from volunteer tutors across England, Scotland and Wales.

Below is a summary of the total number of sessions delivered, pupils supported and tutors volunteering in 2021-22:

Region Total tutors* Total pupils* Total sessions
(pupil perspective)		 Total session (tutor
perspective)
Birmingham 142 Secondary: 130
Primary: 419		 Secondary: 1,194
Primary: 4,794		 1,468
Bristol 230 Secondary: 393
Primary: 344		 Secondary: 3,036
Primary: 4,040		 2,844
Chester 17 Secondary: 136
Primary: 202		 Secondary: 775
Primary: 2,689		 204
Liverpool 76 Secondary: 421
Primary: 52		 Secondary: 2,844
Primary: 628		 887
London 960 Secondary: 1,009
Primary: 1,424		 Secondary: 8,619
Primary: 24,172		 13,369
Newcastle 127 Secondary: 107
Primary: 332		 Secondary: 859
Primary: 3,812		 1,464

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Nottingham 94 Secondary: 281
Primary: 110		 Secondary: 2,274
Primary: 1,123		 995
Sheffield 125 Secondary: 332
Primary: 0		 Secondary: 2,647
Primary:0		 1,406
Sussex 73 Secondary: 255
Primary: 143		 Secondary: 2,646
Primary: 1,348		 1,076
Non-AT Region 500 Secondary: 69
Primary: 0		 Secondary: 362
Primary: 0		 7,122
Total 2,344 Secondary: 3,133
Primary: 3,026
Total: 6,159		 Secondary: 25,256
Primary: 42,606
Total: 67,862		 Total: 30,835

*attended/received at least one session this academic year.

Action Tutoring’s programmes are delivered in ‘blocks’ in partnership with schools. A ‘block’ of tutoring is composed of 10-20 weeks of hour-long sessions delivered at the same time every week.

Each programme consists of approximately 8-10 high-quality volunteer tutors working with up to 20 pupils for a term. In 2021-20 most schools opted to run two ‘blocks’ of tutoring over the course of the year. Unlike in 2020-21, schools remained open for the whole academic year in 2021-22 however Covid still caused disruption through high levels of pupil and teacher absences.

Whilst attracting new volunteers will always need to be a priority, ultimately the charity wants to encourage people to remain as volunteers, reducing the need for continued recruitment over time. In addition to doing more than one term of tutoring, some volunteers also volunteered on more than one programme during the same term. The majority of the primary school programmes ran before working hours, providing a viable volunteering option for many of the corporate volunteers who work full time.

Of those pupils supported, 69% were eligible for Pupil Premium funding (have received Free School Meals in the last six years). This is from data returned for 99% of the pupils the charity supported. Action Tutoring works closely with schools to ensure that non Pupil Premium pupils taking part in the programme would not be benefitting from private tutoring elsewhere. For 2022-23, the charity is introducing an ‘exceptions criteria’, to more closely track the reasons pupils would be eligible for tutoring support beyond the Pupil Premium.

Of the primary school pupils supported, 75% were working towards or much lower than expected standard in their year group. Of the secondary school pupils supported, 73% began the programme working between grades 3 to 4.

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Impact

SATs results 2020-21

Key Stage 2 SATs took place in May 2022 for Year 6 pupils for the first time since 2019, following two years of disruption caused by the pandemic. National results show that while the pandemic has negatively affected all children, disadvantaged children have had their learning hit the hardest. Nationally the percentage of Year 6 children achieving expected standards in all of reading, writing and maths in 2022 was 59% — a drop of 6% compared to 2019. The difference in overall attainment between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged pupils increased by 23 percentage points.

The charity’s analysis shows that pupils supported by Action Tutoring were more likely to achieve the expected standards than other disadvantaged pupils across the country — by 8% in maths and 8% in reading.

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GCSE results 2020-21

Key Stage 4 formal GCSE examinations took place in summer 2022 for Year 11 pupils, for the first time since 2019. For the previous two years Year 11 pupils’ academic progress was assessed by their teachers who awarded their grades. Adjustments were made to exams to account for the negative effect of school closures and the pandemic on pupils’ learning. The GCSE disadvantage gap index has widened and is now the largest it has been in ten years.

The charity’s analysis shows that 61% of disadvantaged pupils passed their English GCSE after attending 10 or more English sessions with Action Tutoring. This matches Action Tutoring’s pass rate for the same group in 2019.

72% of disadvantaged pupils passed in maths after attending at least 10 maths sessions. This exceeds Action Tutoring’s pass rate for the same group in 2019.

After 10 sessions, pupils in Action Tutoring’s target population made enough progress to secure a grade 4 in their tutored subject. On average, these pupils made progress of 0.9 grades in English and 0.7 grades in maths. Pupils starting at lower grades made more progress on average than those starting at higher ones.

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Pupils who also had sessions in Year 10 were more likely to pass in that subject at GCSE, when compared to other Action Tutoring pupils — over 8% more likely in English and nearly 18% more likely in maths.

These SATs and GCSE results are all the more significant considering the attainment gap between pupils facing disadvantage and their better-off peers has widened to its largest level in 10 years.

Volunteer, pupil and teacher feedback 2021-22

Pupils

Pupils were asked to answer the statements below with a number where 1 is ‘Definitely not’ and 10 is ‘Yes, definitely’. The average scores, based on 1,432 survey responses, are shown below:

Tutors

Tutors were asked to answer the statements below with a number where 1 is ‘Definitely not’ and 10 is ‘Yes, definitely’. The average scores, from a small sample size of survey responses, are shown below:

Teachers

Teachers were asked to answer the statements below with a number where 1 is ‘Definitely not’ and 10 is ‘Yes, definitely’. The average scores, based on 35 survey responses, are shown below:

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Volunteer tutor demographics

In 2021-22 volunteer tutors were recruited from a wide range of sources. All tutors are expected to:

Action Tutoring’s active volunteer tutors who delivered one or more sessions in 2021-22 came from the following main groups:

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Additional activity

In autumn 2021 Action Tutoring was approved by the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) as an official Tuition Partner for a further three academic years (2021-24). The charity’s core focus over the academic year was on delivery, supporting the highest number of pupils in its history, in a crucial period where formal exams were sat by pupils for the first time since 2019.

The charity continued to refine its online delivery, as well as its training and development for its volunteer tutors. It worked closely with schools as Covid posed further disruption with high absences from pupils and teachers. Additionally Action Tutoring introduced a new format of delivery - virtual programmes. In this model, pupils log in to the session from school and Action Tutoring staff and volunteers both support them remotely. This has made tutoring even more accessible, allowing the charity to reach regions in more rural locations outside of its main urban centres.

In November 2021 Action Tutoring launched its refreshed brand. The changes were made to reflect the charity today and ensure it remains relevant to anyone who interacts with it. The updated logo features the infinity symbol which represents the infinite potential of the young people the charity supports, its volunteers and its partner schools. The icon also represents the continuous cycle of giving back.

Throughout the year Action Tutoring advocated for the continued support and embedding of the NTP. The charity is deeply invested in its success. It has strong evidence that tutoring works, and the NTP presents an unparalleled opportunity to reach more pupils facing disadvantage, who simply can't afford to miss out on the support.

In order to ensure it leaves a lasting legacy and all stakeholders remain committed to its success, Action Tutoring has, alongside a number of other organisations, been campaigning for improvements to be made to the programme. These recommendations include Pupil Premium targets being reinstated, funding being increased, and reversing plans for subsidy reductions in 2023-24.

The charity added its backing to a number of reports which advocated for these changes to the NTP and was delighted to partner with the Centre for Education and Youth on their report, ‘Levelling Up Tutoring’. Action Tutoring’s advocacy work also included the opportunity to meet with the Department for Education and engage with the Number 10 Delivery Unit to further reflect on the future of tutoring and the NTP.

In April 2022 the charity won the Rising Leader award in the 2022 “Headspace for Work” Mindful Workplace Awards and in May 2022, Action Tutoring was shortlisted to the final three for the Civil Society Charity Awards (education and training category). In recognition of its response to the Covid pandemic and impact on the education of young people facing disadvantage.

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Also in May 2022 the charity celebrated ten years since it registered as a charity. It marked the occasion with a number of activities including a celebration event in parliament hosted by Alex Norris MP and with a guest keynote message from the Children’s Commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza.

Further analysis from Action Tutoring’s activities in 2021-22 will be available in the Impact Report, released later in the 2022-23 academic year.

Fundraising activity

The total income for the year was £2,588,176. This represents an increase in income by 4.8% on 2020-21.

Schools were asked to pay a contribution per block of tutoring. Total school income for the year came to £694,598. The income from schools covered 26.3% of the charity’s outgoings.

In 2021-22 Action Tutoring received £1,102,978 in income from charitable activities through the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) which covered 70% of the cost of NTP funded programmes.

£80,779 was received in donations, including through participation in mass fundraising events. Grant income (excluding the NTP) for 2021-22 came to £709,444, an increase of £368,087 on the previous year. New funders during this period included Direct Line Group, Barclays, Woodward Charitable Trust, The Grace Trust, AllianceBernstein, Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research, DAC Beachcroft and the Livingsbridge Foundation.

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Breakdown of income (2021-22)

No professional fundraisers were used in 2021-22 and Action Tutoring has not received any complaints regarding its fundraising activities. All fundraising is carried out by the Chief Executive Officer and the Fundraising Manager, supported by other staff. The charity has not yet signed up to any voluntary codes of conduct regarding fundraising. This decision was taken by the Board on the basis that public donations make up such a tiny proportion of our overall income. We will, however, keep this under regular review and may sign up to the voluntary codes of conduct in the future should there be an increase in the amount of public donations we receive. We always ensure that we conduct all our fundraising activities in a professional way in line with our values.

Funders

Action Tutoring is incredibly grateful to the following grant and donation providers for the generous support they gave in 2021-22:

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Donations

In addition, Action Tutoring is grateful to the individuals who supported the charity with donations, and to those who undertook fundraising events throughout the year.

The funds from Impetus and Centerbridge, EQ Foundation, Barclays, Livingbridge Foundation, The Grace Trust, Direct Line Group, Woodward Charitable Trust were unrestricted and contributed to the core running costs, which are vital for the charity to operate and deliver. Restricted funds contributed towards specific projects, including development of the online delivery model; delivery in certain geographic locations and production of tangible items including printing of tutoring workbooks for pupils and volunteers.

Action Tutoring and charity supporters participated in a number of fundraising activities this year including the Big Give Christmas Challenge, the Great Birmingham Run, Hackney Half Marathon, London 10K and the Edinburgh Marathon, raising over £7,000.

Action Tutoring now also accepts cryptocurrency donations. As part of its ten-year anniversary celebrations it held a funder breakfast event in June. The charity would like to thank DAC Beachcroft for generously hosting the event which engaged existing, former and new funders of the charity.

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Financial review

The total income for the year was £2,588,176. This consisted of school contributions, grants, donations, and investment income.

The total expenditure for the year was £2,642,591 leading to a net deficit of £54,415.

Expenditure included the following:

Please see Action Tutoring’s Financial Statements 2021-22, from page 26 for further information.

Reserves policy

The charity’s policy is to hold reserves for the purpose of protecting the work of the charity in the short term, should funding targets not be met or if the charity should need to cease or curtail its activities. At the end of the 2021-22 financial year, Action Tutoring held £736,683 of unrestricted funds in its reserves and the sum of £833,091 in designated funds. The designated funds are held as Action Tutoring is currently in receipt of a large government grant for the National Tutoring Programme which will gradually reduce between 2022-23 and 2024-25 and the charity’s designated funds will help protect

against this forecast reduction in funding and the need for increased reserves in future years as its delivery income decreases as a proportion of its overall funding.

It is the policy of the charity to maintain reserves equal to at least three months of full costs or nine months of net costs (minus delivery income which currently includes school income and the National Tutoring Programme funding), whichever is the larger. The reserves policy has been met in 2021-22. The reserves policy is reviewed annually where specific factors affecting the level of reserves are looked at, primarily contractual obligations for employees, with changes being made as necessary.

Going concern

Action Tutoring has been selected as a National Tutoring Programme (NTP) Tuition Provider for a third year, which provides access to significant additional funding to deliver programmes in the 2022-23 academic year. Action Tutoring has been successfully running an online tutoring offer as well as returning to face to face delivery post-pandemic. Based on the work done, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason the Trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.

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Structure, governance and management

Action Tutoring is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated in May 2012 and registered as a charity in May 2012. The company was established under a Memorandum of Association, which established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its Articles of Association.

The Board

There is a highly experienced and dedicated board led by the Chair. The Board meets at least four times each year in addition to holding an annual strategy meeting. We have two sub committees, the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee and the HR Committee. The sub-committees meet at least twice per year and report back to the full Board. Remuneration is approved by the Trustees as part of the annual budget process.

Trustees keep up-to-date with charity regulation through reports from the Senior Management Team, which are presented as part of the main agenda in the Trustee meetings on a quarterly basis.

Trustees attend relevant training and are expected to share knowledge and best practice at Trustee meetings.

The charity has no subsidiaries and there were no related party transactions during the year. The Trustees give their time voluntarily.

Recruitment and training of Trustees

The recruitment of Trustees is carried out primarily through external recruitment including advertising on external sites and using a recruitment agency (Peridot Partners), nominations from within the current Board and wider recommendation from other stakeholders, including schools and funders. In order to assess their personal competence and independence, a skills audit is conducted to measure their suitability for any vacancies on the Board. Appointments are made by a vote of the existing members, following an interview process and recommendation from the interview panel.

Mark Shadrack and Andy Ratcliffe joined the Board in December 2021. Richard Aked resigned from the Board, after nine years of service, in spring 2022. Action Tutoring is currently recruiting for a new fundraising trustee (October 2022).

Senior management

Responsibility for day-to-day operations and the leadership of the staff and volunteer team is delegated to the Senior Management Team, led by the Chief Executive Officer. The team is responsible for all day-to-day decisions affecting the charity. Decisions of a strategic or directional nature, including the employment of the senior staff, remain the responsibility of the Trustees. The Trustees are ultimately responsible for setting and approving remuneration of senior management and other staff.

In 2021-22 the work of Action Tutoring was carried out by 73 paid staff and 2,345 volunteer tutors.

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Remuneration

As a charity, we aim to deliver maximum impact to our beneficiaries. To do this successfully means balancing two main needs. The need to ensure value for money in everything we do, including how we pay our staff and the need to attract and retain people with the leadership, experience, knowledge and skills required to deliver our programmes to a consistently high standard. Ensuring that we have a competitive reward offering is one of the ways in which we secure the services of highly competent people able to deliver our mission.

Our Trustees are responsible for approving inflationary pay awards and the overall salary budget is approved as part of the budget cycle.

Pay is an important part of our overall reward package. Reflective of our organisational values, decisions around pay are based on the following principles:

We do not operate a performance-based pay system and we do not make bonus payments.

Risk assessment

The Trustees of Action Tutoring are responsible for the management of the risks faced by the charity. Detailed consideration of risk is delegated to the Senior Management Team. Risks are identified annually and are monitored and controlled on an ongoing basis. The Trustees are satisfied that all major risks have been reviewed and procedures put in place to mitigate against those risks. Whilst procedures can mitigate against major risks, the Trustees cannot provide absolute assurance against those risks.

The strategic risks and the associated mitigation plans are reviewed by the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee and then by the full Board. The senior management team is responsible for executing the agreed mitigation plans, and risks and actions are reviewed regularly. If new strategic risks are identified, they are added to the register, while risks which are no longer considered to be strategic are removed from the register. The current strategic risks and an outline of the mitigation plans are summarised below:

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Key Risks and Mitigation Plans

Risk Outline of Mitigationplan
Risk to demand for our programmes and
longer-term funding caused by: Significant
pressure on school budgets, decrease in NTP
funding, increase in applications from other
charities to grant makers.		 �
Continue tight internal budget control and
ensuring the profile of the staff team
matches the delivery need
�
Capacity in fundraising team has been
increased to help increase funding from
other sources
�
Continue with advocacy work to argue for
increase in school funding and longer-term
continuation of NTP funding
�
Continued application of tight credit
control procedures
�
Offering more school discounts, using
grant income to fund these
�
Recent appointment of new Trustee with
specific fundraising expertise to help
support staff team work in this area
External environment leads to a reduction in
volunteer sign ups so programmes are
unable to run		 �
Continue with detailed monitoring of gaps
�
Increasing advertising and word of mouth
tutor recruitment
�
Continue looking at alternative delivery
models and analysing impact of these
�
Capacity in marketing team has been
increased and staff with capacity have
been supporting with tutor recruitment on
a temporary basis
�
Detailed analysis of tutor profile continues
with increased targeted recruitment
initiatives
�
Tutors work on more than one programme
where there is a shortage of tutors
Loss of key staff adversely impacts the
ability to deliver strategy		 �
Continue benchmarking of salaries within
similar organisations
�
Work on a detailed Diversity and Inclusion
strategy continues to increase loyalty
�
Succession planning for key staff is a
continued focus with written procedures
for each role being kept under constant
review to ensure they remain relevant and
up to date
�
Continue with robust recruitment and
selection process to ensure high calibre
staff are appointed
Breach of Safeguarding procedures or
appointment of a member of the team who is
not suitable to work with children leads to
harm of a young person and significant
reputational damage		 �
Robust safer recruitment procedures are in
place which include stringent pre-
employment/pre-engagement checks
�
Safeguarding training is mandatory for all
staff and volunteers
�
Safeguarding policy and procedures are
well communicated, understood and
reviewed and updated in line with changes
in legislation or guidance
�
Continuation of dedicated channel and
email for reporting concerns
�
Continuation of good practice identified
through successfully passingtwo external

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safeguarding audits as part of the delivery
of the NTP
Financial fraud of theft of personal data leads
to financial and reputational damage		 �
Continue to review and embed robust
system of financial control and best
practice and provide training to staff as
needed
�
Continue to communicate policies and
procedures effectively and monitor impact
of these
�
Continue to embed the procedure for
reporting data breaches – action taken
immediately with reference to external
data protection specialist
�
Access to all our systems is restricted only
to those who need it and passwords are
not shared.
�
Continue use of the 1password database
for secure password storage
�
All staff receive training on data protection
and IT policies and many of our systems
can only be accessed using a two-step
authenticationprocess
Change in Government policy resulting in
reduction in funding for disadvantaged
pupils and a drop in the demand for our
programmes		 �
Continue with our advocacy work to
highlight the significant need of
disadvantaged pupils and the attainment
gap
�
Continue to produce detailed impact
reports on the success and achievement of
the pupils we work with
�
Continue with increased fundraising to
help fund discounts for schools longer
term if needed

Future plans and aims

Following a period of significant growth and change for Action Tutoring, accelerated by Covid and the arrival of the National Tutoring Programme, the charity is continuing to consolidate its work and ensure a strong platform for future growth. As the charity marked its ten year anniversary in 2022, it took the opportunity to reflect, reviewing its impact and the external environment, and refined its strategy for the next few years.

As a highly aspirational and adaptable education charity, the four main priorities over the next few years are:

Reach: Increasing the locations the charity works in, especially to reach more rural and coastal areas – ‘cold spots’ where finding tutors is more difficult and the attainment gap is wider. This means significantly expanding the number of schools the charity partners with, outside of its current eight regions, to ensure it’s reaching young people that really need its help and in areas where there is much less availability of tutoring programmes.

Growth: The attainment gap remains stubbornly wide as pupils continue to be impacted by lost learning from the pandemic. Adapting to a model that can deliver much more widely geographically gives Action Tutoring a springboard for further

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growth. Since the pandemic began, the charity has demonstrated that through online delivery, it should be possible to deliver tutoring in almost any school in the country.

Action Tutoring aims to support at least 10,000 pupils a year in three years’ time, rising to at least 12,000 a year in five years’ time. The charity wants to step up to the challenge of the attainment gap, which new data from the DfE indicates, by the end of Year 6, is at its widest since 2012.

Impact: Action Tutoring is proud of the record impact it’s already demonstrated over the last few years but there is further to go. The charity wants to drive efficiencies in its model to strengthen its impact and understand more about what elements make it especially effective, all building towards a large external evaluation in five years’ time.

Advocacy: Action Tutoring’s advocacy work has grown steadily since the pandemic. The charity wants to build on this inroad, using its experience and voice to ensure that there is a long-term legacy of the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) and also to ensure tutoring for disadvantaged pupils is permanently embedded in the education system to narrow the attainment gap. It will continue to grow its influence and contribution to policy-making with partners in the sector to positively shape young people’s futures.

To achieve all the outlined medium to long-term strategies, collaboration, one of Action Tutoring’s core values, will be critical to its success. Internally, the team will work together to optimise its unique talents to improve the operational and managerial performance of programme delivery. Beyond its workforce, the charity will work hand in hand with sector partners, funders, schools and volunteer tutors and the wider network for the collective growth of the education sector.

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Legal and administrative details as at 31st August 2022

Registered name

Action Tutoring Ltd

Registered Charity Number

1147175

Registered Company Number

08105978

Trustee Board

For the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, the Board of Trustees is regarded as the Board of Directors of the company. The Trustees of the company throughout the year and to the date of signing this report are as follows:

Peter Baines (Chair) Richard Aked (Treasurer) (resigned May 2022) Mark Shadrack (Treasurer) (appointed January 2022) Andy Ratcliffe (appointed January 2022)

Jo Conduit-Smith Anna Paige Jatin Patel Susannah Hardyman

Senior Management

Susannah Hardyman – Chief Executive Officer

Jen Fox - Deputy CEO

Heather Taylor – Director of Operations and Finance (resigned July 2022) Susannah French – Director of Operations and Finance (appointed August 2022) Adam Geach – Director of Delivery (resigned December 2021)

Claire Read - Director of Delivery (appointed April 2022) Fleur Peel – Director of Marketing and Communications

Bankers

HSBC, 8 Victoria Street, London, SW1 0ND

Independent Auditors

Goodman Jones LLP, 29-30 Fitzroy Square, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 6LQ

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Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities

The Trustees (who are also directors of Action Tutoring for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the Financial Statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the Trustees to prepare Financial Statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming and outgoing resources and application of resources, including income and expenditure of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these Financial Statements, the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Disclosure of information to auditors

Each of the persons who are Trustees at the time when this Trustees' Report is approved has confirmed that:

Auditors

The auditors, Goodman Jones LLP, have indicated their willingness to continue in office. The

Designated Trustees will propose a motion re-appointing the auditors at a meeting of the Trustees.

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This report was approved by the Trustees, and signed on their behalf by:

……………………………..

Peter Baines Chair

�������� Date:.....................................

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Independent Auditors’ Report to the Members of Action Tutoring Ltd

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Action Tutoring Ltd (the 'Charity') for the year ended 31 August 2022 set out on pages 29 to 46, which comprise the Statement of financial activities, the Balance sheet, the Statement of cash flows and the related notes, 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, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

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 United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council'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 Auditors' report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and 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.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the Trustees' responsibilities statement, the Trustees (who are also the directors of the Charity 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.

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Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

We have been appointed as auditor under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with the Act and relevant regulations made or having effect thereunder.

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 an Auditors' report 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:

Based on our understanding of the charity and sector, we identified that the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations related to sector regulations and unethical and prohibited business practices, and we considered the extent to which noncompliance might have a material effect on the financial statements. We also considered those laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the preparation of the financial statements such as the Companies Act 2006, the Charities Act 2011, Charity Commission and sector regulations, and UK Tax Legislation. We evaluated management’s incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements (including the risk of override of controls). Appropriate audit procedures in response to these risks were carried out.

These procedures included:

We also communicated relevant identified laws and regulations and potential fraud risks to all engagement team members; and remained alert to any indications of fraud or noncompliance with laws and regulations throughout the audit.

There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion.

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Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charitable company's trustees, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company's trustees 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 its trustees, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Goodman Jones LLP

29/30 Fitzroy Square London W1T 6LQ

Date:………………………………. ��������

Goodman Jones LLP are eligible to act as auditors in terms of section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006.

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCORPORATING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022

Note
Income from:
Donations and legacies
4
Charitable activities
5
Investments
6
Total income
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
7
Total expenditure
Net surplus/ (deficit) before
other recognised gains and
losses
Transfers between funds
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
Net movement in funds
Total funds carried forward		 Note
Income from:
Donations and legacies
4
Charitable activities
5
Investments
6
Total income
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
7
Total expenditure
Net surplus/ (deficit) before
other recognised gains and
losses
Transfers between funds
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
Net movement in funds
Total funds carried forward		 Unrestricted
funds
Designated
funds
Restricted
funds
2022
£
2022
£
2022
£
392,279
-
397,944
694,598
-
1,102,978
377
-
-
1,087,254
-
1,500,922
1,083,699
-
1,558,892
1,083,699
-
1,558,892
3,555
-
(57,970)
-
-
-

3,555
-
(57,970)
733,128
833,091 68,000
3,555
-
(57,970)
736,683
833,091
10,030		 Unrestricted
funds
Designated
funds
Restricted
funds
2022
£
2022
£
2022
£
392,279
-
397,944
694,598
-
1,102,978
377
-
-
1,087,254
-
1,500,922
1,083,699
-
1,558,892
1,083,699
-
1,558,892
3,555
-
(57,970)
-
-
-

3,555
-
(57,970)
733,128
833,091 68,000
3,555
-
(57,970)
736,683
833,091
10,030		 Unrestricted
funds
Designated
funds
Restricted
funds
2022
£
2022
£
2022
£
392,279
-
397,944
694,598
-
1,102,978
377
-
-
1,087,254
-
1,500,922
1,083,699
-
1,558,892
1,083,699
-
1,558,892
3,555
-
(57,970)
-
-
-

3,555
-
(57,970)
733,128
833,091 68,000
3,555
-
(57,970)
736,683
833,091
10,030		 Unrestricted
funds
Designated
funds
Restricted
funds
2022
£
2022
£
2022
£
392,279
-
397,944
694,598
-
1,102,978
377
-
-
1,087,254
-
1,500,922
1,083,699
-
1,558,892
1,083,699
-
1,558,892
3,555
-
(57,970)
-
-
-

3,555
-
(57,970)
733,128
833,091 68,000
3,555
-
(57,970)
736,683
833,091
10,030		 Unrestricted
funds
Designated
funds
Restricted
funds
2022
£
2022
£
2022
£
392,279
-
397,944
694,598
-
1,102,978
377
-
-
1,087,254
-
1,500,922
1,083,699
-
1,558,892
1,083,699
-
1,558,892
3,555
-
(57,970)
-
-
-

3,555
-
(57,970)
733,128
833,091 68,000
3,555
-
(57,970)
736,683
833,091
10,030		 Unrestricted
funds
Designated
funds
Restricted
funds
2022
£
2022
£
2022
£
392,279
-
397,944
694,598
-
1,102,978
377
-
-
1,087,254
-
1,500,922
1,083,699
-
1,558,892
1,083,699
-
1,558,892
3,555
-
(57,970)
-
-
-

3,555
-
(57,970)
733,128
833,091 68,000
3,555
-
(57,970)
736,683
833,091
10,030		 Total
funds
2022
£

790,223

1,797,576
377		 Total
funds
2022
£

790,223

1,797,576
377		 Total
funds
2021
£
1,976,952
491,422

98

2,468,472

2,154,554
1,087,254 - 1,500,922
2,588,176

1,083,699		 -
1,558,892


2,642,591

1,083,699		 -
1,558,892

2,642,591


2,154,554

3,555
-
3,555


-
-
-


(57,970)
-
(57,970)


(54,415)
-
(54,415)



313,918
-
313,918

1,320,301
313,918
1,634,219
833,091
-
833,091



68,000
(57,970)
10,030

1,634,219
(54,415)
1,579,804

The notes on pages 32 to 46 form part of these financial statements.

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Company number: 08105978 Charity number: 1147175

ACTION TUTORING LTD

BALANCE SHEET

AS AT 31 AUGUST 2022

Note
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
10
Current assets
Debtors
11
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors:amounts falling due within
one year
12
Net current assets
Total net assets
Charity Funds
Restricted funds
13
Unrestricted funds
13
Designated funds
13
Total funds		 £
308,916
1,325,432		 2022
£
17,998


1,561,806		 £

208,710
1,678,639		 2021
£
40,464


1,593,755
1,634,219
68,000
733,128
833,091

1,634,348
(72,542)
1,887,349
(293,594)



1,579,804

10,030
736,683
833,091
1,579,804 1,634,219

The Charity's financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The Trustees consider that the Charity is entitled to exemption from the requirement to have an audit under the provisions of section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 ("the Act") and members have not required the Charity to obtain an audit for the period in question in accordance with section 476 of the Act. However, an audit is required in accordance with section 144 of the Charities Act 2011.

The Trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Trustees and signed on their behalf, by:

................................................

Peter Baines

Chair

Date:………………………………. ��������

The notes on pages 32 to 46 form part of these financial statements.

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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022

Note
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net cash (used in)/provided by operating activities
15
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
Net cash used in investing activities
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the year
Cash and cash equivalents brought forward
Cash and cash equivalents carried forward
16		 2022
£
(337,479)		 2021
£
620,063

(15,728)
(45,282)

(15,728)
(45,282)

(353,207)
1,678,639

574,781
1,103,858

1,325,432
1,678,639

The notes on pages 32 to 46 form part of these financial statements.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022

1. General information

Action Tutoring Ltd is a charitable company, limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales, and whose registered office address is The Dock, Tobacco Quay, Wapping Lane, London E1W 2SF. The Charity's objects are to support the education of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds as stated in the Trustees' Report.

2.

Accounting policies

2.1 Basis of preparation of financial statements

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) - 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 2019), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

Action Tutoring Ltd 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.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, the functional currency of the Charity, and rounded to the nearest £.

2.2 Company status

The Charity is a company limited by guarantee. The members of the company are the Trustees named on page 19. In the event of the Charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the Charity.

2.3 Going concern

The Charity receives income by way of both contracts for services and voluntary income (in the form of grants from funders and donations from individuals).

During the year, operations were affected by the Coronavirus outbreak, which forced school closures and programmes to move to online delivery, although schools have reopened and the Charity has adapted some programmes to be suitably run online. Additionally, as referenced in the Trustees’ Report, Action Tutoring has been renewed as a National Tutoring Programme (NTP) Tuition Provider until 2024, and this will provide additional funding to deliver programmes in the next 2 financial years. Therefore, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the Trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.

2.4 Fund accounting

General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the Charity and which have not been designated for other purposes.

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2. Accounting policies (continued)

2.4 Fund accounting

Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the Trustees for particular purposes. The aim and use of each designated fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements.

Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the Charity for particular purposes. The costs of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements.

2.5 Income

All income is recognised once the Charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received, and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably.

Grant income is recognised to the extent that the above criteria have been met together with any performance conditions attached to the grants. Grant income is deferred only to the extent that the Charity has yet to fulfil the related performance conditions. Government grants are credited to the Statement of Financial Activities subject to the above recognition criteria and any performance conditions being met.

Income receivable from schools under contracts is recognised to the extent that the services have been provided. Where income is received in advance, this is deferred until the services are performed.

Donated services or facilities are recognised when the Charity has control over the item, any conditions associated with the donated item have been met, the receipt of economic benefit from the use of the Charity of the item is probable and that economic benefit can be measured reliably. In accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102), the contributions of volunteers is not recognised.

On receipt, donated 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 of equivalent economic benefit on the open market; a corresponding amount is then recognised in expenditure in the period of receipt.

Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid or deeds of covenant is recognised at the time of the donation. Income tax recoverable in relation to investment income is recognised at the time the investment income is receivable.

2.6 Interest receivable

Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the Charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the institution with whom the funds are deposited.

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2. Accounting policies (continued)

2.7 Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified by activity. The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and shared costs, including support costs involved in undertaking each activity. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Support costs are those costs incurred directly in support of expenditure on the objects of the Charity and overall governance and management of the Charity. All expenditure is inclusive of irrecoverable of VAT.

2.8 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation

Tangible fixed assets costing £200 or more are capitalised and recognised when future economic benefits are probable and the cost or value of the asset can be measured reliably.

Tangible fixed assets are initially recognised at cost. After recognition, under the cost model, tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. All costs incurred to bring a tangible fixed asset into its intended working condition should be included in the measurement of cost.

Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of tangible fixed assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method.

Depreciation is provided on the following basis:

Office equipment - 2 year straight-line

2.9 Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

2.10 Cash at Bank and in hand

Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

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2. Accounting policies (continued)

2.11 Liabilities and provisions

Liabilities are recognised when there is an obligation at the balance sheet date as a result of a past event, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefit will be required in settlement, and the amount of the settlement can be estimated reliably. Liabilities are recognised at the amount that the Charity anticipates it will pay to settle the debt or the amount it has received as advanced payments for the goods or services it must provide. Provisions are measured at the best estimate of the amounts required to settle the obligation. Where the effect of the time value of money is material, the provision is based on the present value of those amounts, discounted at the pre-tax discount rate that reflects the risks specific to the liability. The unwinding of the discount is recognised within the Statement of financial activities as a finance cost.

2.12 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.

3. Critical accounting estimates and areas of judgement

Estimates and judgements are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

Estimates and judgements are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

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4. Income from donations and legacies

Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
2022
£
2022
£
Donations
78,272
-
Legacies
2,507
-
Grants
311,500
397,944
Total donations and legacies
392,279
397,944
Total 2021
297,403
103,797
5.
Income from charitable activities
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
2022
£
2022
£
Tuition and school support
694,598
-
NTP income – Government grant
-
1,102,978
Total income from charitable activities
694,598
1,102,978
Total 2021
491,422
1,575,752
6.
Investment income
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
2022
£
2022
£
Investment income
377
-
Total 2021
98
-		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
2022
£
2022
£
Donations
78,272
-
Legacies
2,507
-
Grants
311,500
397,944
Total donations and legacies
392,279
397,944
Total 2021
297,403
103,797
5.
Income from charitable activities
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
2022
£
2022
£
Tuition and school support
694,598
-
NTP income – Government grant
-
1,102,978
Total income from charitable activities
694,598
1,102,978
Total 2021
491,422
1,575,752
6.
Investment income
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
2022
£
2022
£
Investment income
377
-
Total 2021
98
-		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
2022
£
2022
£
Donations
78,272
-
Legacies
2,507
-
Grants
311,500
397,944
Total donations and legacies
392,279
397,944
Total 2021
297,403
103,797
5.
Income from charitable activities
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
2022
£
2022
£
Tuition and school support
694,598
-
NTP income – Government grant
-
1,102,978
Total income from charitable activities
694,598
1,102,978
Total 2021
491,422
1,575,752
6.
Investment income
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
2022
£
2022
£
Investment income
377
-
Total 2021
98
-		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
2022
£
2022
£
Donations
78,272
-
Legacies
2,507
-
Grants
311,500
397,944
Total donations and legacies
392,279
397,944
Total 2021
297,403
103,797
5.
Income from charitable activities
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
2022
£
2022
£
Tuition and school support
694,598
-
NTP income – Government grant
-
1,102,978
Total income from charitable activities
694,598
1,102,978
Total 2021
491,422
1,575,752
6.
Investment income
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
2022
£
2022
£
Investment income
377
-
Total 2021
98
-		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
2022
£
2022
£
Donations
78,272
-
Legacies
2,507
-
Grants
311,500
397,944
Total donations and legacies
392,279
397,944
Total 2021
297,403
103,797
5.
Income from charitable activities
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
2022
£
2022
£
Tuition and school support
694,598
-
NTP income – Government grant
-
1,102,978
Total income from charitable activities
694,598
1,102,978
Total 2021
491,422
1,575,752
6.
Investment income
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
2022
£
2022
£
Investment income
377
-
Total 2021
98
-		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
2022
£
2022
£
Donations
78,272
-
Legacies
2,507
-
Grants
311,500
397,944
Total donations and legacies
392,279
397,944
Total 2021
297,403
103,797
5.
Income from charitable activities
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
2022
£
2022
£
Tuition and school support
694,598
-
NTP income – Government grant
-
1,102,978
Total income from charitable activities
694,598
1,102,978
Total 2021
491,422
1,575,752
6.
Investment income
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
2022
£
2022
£
Investment income
377
-
Total 2021
98
-		 Total
funds
2022
£
78,272
2,507
709,444		 Total
funds
2022
£
78,272
2,507
709,444		 Total
funds
2021
£
59,843
-
341,357
392,279 397,944
790,223		 401,200

Total
funds
2021
£
491,422
1,575,752
297,403 103,797 401,200
Total
funds
2022
£
694,598
1,102,978
1,102,978
1,797,576
2,067,174


Total
funds
2021
£
98
491,422 1,575,752 2,067,174
Total
funds
2022
£
377
98 - 98

7. Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities

Tuition and school
support
Total 2021		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
2022
£
2022
£
1,083,699
1,558,892
260,575
1,893,979		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
2022
£
2022
£
1,083,699
1,558,892
260,575
1,893,979		 Total
funds
2022
£
2,642,591		 Total
funds
2021
£
2,154,554
260,575 1,893,979 2,154,554

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8. Analysis of expenditure by activities

Tuition and school support
Total 2021
Analysis of direct costs
Marketing
Travel and accommodation
Tutor resources
Volunteer expenses and training
DBS checks
Training
Consultancy fees
Staff costs
Online tutoring
Total 2021		 Activities
undertaken
directly
2022
£
1,898,048
1,698,860
 Activities
undertaken
directly
2022
£
1,898,048
1,698,860
 Support
costs
2022
£
744,543		 Total
funds
2022
£
2,642,591		 Total
funds
2021
£
2,154,554

Total
funds
2021
£

69,248

21,273

34,650

138

24,091

-

10,285

1,472,050

67,125


1,698,860

1,698,860
455,694		 2,154,554
1,898,048 1,898,048

1,698,860 1,698,860

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8. Analysis of expenditure by activities (continued)

Analysis of support costs

Recruitment
Rent
Travel and accommodation
Training
Welfare
Insurance
Accountancy fees
Audit fees
Office costs
Sundry expenses
IT Costs
Legal and professional fees
Bank charges
Temporary Staff
(Profit)/loss on exchange
Staff costs
Depreciation
Total 2021
 Tuition
and
school
support
2022
£
24,617
49,313
5,653
26,862
12,635
3,390
9,770
8,400
29,635
1,438
64,932
27,535
1,338
1,976
-
438,857
38,192		 Total
funds
2022
£

24,617

49,313

5,653

26,862

12,635

3,390

9,770

8,400

29,635

1,438

64,932

27,535

1,338

1,976

-

438,857

38,192
Total
funds
2021
£

4,514

39,769

1,378

22,644

9,238

3,999

6,963

8,400

35,781

1,471

54,637

28,496

1,131

-

6

207,433

29,789


455,694
744,543
744,543


455,694 455,694

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9. Staff costs

Staff costs were as follows:

Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Other pension costs		 2022
£
1,871,358
178,342
50,192
 2021
£

1,508,348

132,434

38,701
2,099,892
1,679,483

The average number of persons employed by the Charity during the period was as follows:

2022 2021
No. No.
Employees 73 62

No employee received remuneration amounting to more that £60,000 in either year.

During the year, total remuneration and benefits paid to key management personnel totalled £272,013 (2021: £268,593).

During the year, S Hardyman, a trustee (2021: S Hardyman, a trustee), received remuneration (including retirement benefits accruing in respect of defined contribution pension schemes) from the Charity for her role as Chief Executive and is included in the amounts payable to key management personnel. No remuneration was paid in respect of her role as a trustee.

None of the other trustees (2021: none) received any remuneration, benefits in kind, or re-imbursement of expenses.

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10. Tangible fixed assets
Cost
At 1 September 2021
Additions
At 31 August 2022
Depreciation
At 1 September 2021
Charge for the year
At 31 August 2022
Net book value
At 31 August 2022
At 31 August 2021
11. Debtors
Due within one year
Trade debtors
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
12. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
Trade creditors
Other taxation and social security
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income		 Office
2022
£
71,373
11,100
226,443

308,916
2022
£
27,840
-
12,819
31,883

72,542		 Office
2022
£
71,373
11,100
226,443

308,916
2022
£
27,840
-
12,819
31,883

72,542		 equipment
£
91,866
15,728
107,594
51,402
38,194
89,596
17,998
40,464
2021
£
20,322
5,250
183,138

208,710
2021
£
34,908
30,559
10,272
217,855

293,594
308,916
2022
£
27,840
-
12,819
31,883



72,542

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12. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year (continued)

Deferred income at 1 September
Resources deferred during the year
Amounts released from previous years
Deferred income at 31 August		 2022
£
182,500
(182.500)
-
-		 2021
£
104,000
182,500
(104,000)
182,500

Deferred income brought forward and carried forward represents grant income received in advance of performance conditions being met.

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13. Statement of funds

Statement of funds - current year

Balance at Balance at
1 September Transfers 31 August
2021 Income Expenditure in/out 2022
£ £ £ £ £
Designated funds
Future programme fund 833,091 - - - 833,091
833,091 - - - 833,091
General funds
General Funds 733,128 1,087,254 (1,083,699) - 736,683
Total Unrestricted funds 1,566,219 1,087,254 (1,083,699) - 1,569,774
Restricted funds
National Tutoring
Programme - 1,102,978 (1,102,978) - -
EY Foundation 18,000 - (7,970) - 10,030
Alasol - 30,000 (30,000) - -
Westminster Foundation - 32,736 (32,736) - -
Allan & Gill Gray Foundation - 120,000 (120,000) - -
Alliance Bernstein - 24,000 (24,000) - -
Fidelity Foundation - 100,000 (100,000) - -
DAC Beachcroft - 57,208 (57,208) - -
Worshipful Company of
Insurers - 5,000 (5,000) - -
Betty Messenger Charitable
Foundation 50,000 - (50,000) - -
Helibronn Institute for
Mathematical Research - 4,000 (4,000) - -
Allen and Overy - 25,000 (25,000) - -
68,000 1,500,922 (1,558,892) - 10,030
Total funds 1,634,219 2,588,176 (2,642,591) - 1,579,804

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13. Statement of funds (continued)

Statement of funds – prior year

Statement of funds – prior year
Balance at
1 September
2020
£
Designated funds
Wellington
80,000
Hibbert
50,000
Montpelier
75,000
Advent
225,000
Future programme fund
-

430,000
General funds
General Funds
607,871
Total Unrestricted funds
1,037,871
Restricted funds
National Tutoring
Programme
-
EY Foundation
-
National Lottery
Community Fund Covid
Response
-
Impetus
26,180
Westminster Foundation
-
Fidelity Foundation
138,810
UBS
17,440
Sheffield Bluecoat
-
Perry Price Foundation
-
Worshipful Company of
Insurers
-
Betty Messenger Charitable
Foundation
100,000
John James
-
Rothley Trust
-
Sheffield Town
-
Allen and Overy
-
282,430
Total funds
1,320,301
Income
Expenditure
£
£

-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
788,923
(260,575)
788,923
(260,575)
1,575,752
(1,575,752)
18,000
-
9,764
(9,764)
20,333
(46,513)
8,450
(8,450)
-
(138,810)
-
(17,440)
1,000
(1,000)
4,000
(4,000)
10,000
(10,000)
-
(50,000)
3,000
(3,000)
1,250
(1,250)
3,000
(3,000)
25,000
(25,000)
1,679,549
(1,893,979)
2,468,472
(2,154,554)
Transfers
in/out
£

(80,000)
(50,000)
(75,000)
(225,000)
833,091
403,091

(403,091)
-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Balance at
31 August
2021
£
-
-
-
-
833,091
833,091
733,128
1,566,219
-
18,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
50,000
-
-
-
-
68,000
1,634,219

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13. Statement of funds (continued)

The designated funds represent funds designated by the Trustees towards future programmes and organisational sustainability.

The current year restricted funds are held for the following purposes:

National Tutoring Programme - restricted as part of the UK Government's programme to deliver low-cost tutoring to schools.

Betty Messenger Charitable Foundation - restricted funding for Programme Coordinators for the financial years 2019/20 to 2021/22.

EY Foundation - funding received towards provision of IT equipment for the needs of young people.

Westminster Foundation - funding restricted to programmes in Westminster and Chester.

Alasol - restricted funding received for course materials.

Allan & Gill Gray Foundation - restricted specifically to cover the Charity's core costs.

Alliance Bernstein - funding towards supporting disadvantaged pupils in South East London.

Fidelity Foundation - restricted to organisational and technology development to increase access to online tuition.

DAC Beachcroft - funding restricted to programmes in the north of England.

Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research - funding restricted to the Maths Bright Ideas programme.

The Worshipful Company of Insurers - funding restricted to programmes in and around the City of London.

Allen and Overy Foundation - funding restricted to online tutoring.

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14. Analysis of net assets between funds

Analysis of net assets between funds - current year

Unrestricted Unrestricted
Restricted		 Total
funds funds funds
2022
2022		 2022
£
£		 £
Tangible fixed assets 17,998 - 17,998
Current assets 1,624,318 10,030 1,634,348
Creditors due within one year (72,542) - (72,542)
Total 1,569,774 10,030
 1,579,804
Analysis of net assets between funds - prior year
Unrestricted Restricted Total
funds funds funds
2021 2021 2021
£ £ £
Tangible fixed assets 40,464 - 40,464
Current assets 1,819,349 68,000 1,887,349
Creditors due within one year (293,594)
-
(293,594)
Total 1,566,219 68,000 1,634,219
15. Reconciliation of net movement in funds to net cash flow from operating
activities
2022 2021
£ £
Net income for the year (as per Statement of Financial
Activities) (54,415) 313,918
Adjustment for:
Depreciation charges 38,194 29,758
(Increase)/decrease in debtors (100,206) 143,261
Increase/(decrease) in creditors (221,052) 133,126
Net cash (used in)/provided by operating activities (337,479) 620,063
16. Analysis of cash and cash equivalents
Total Total
funds funds
2022 2021
£ £
Cash in hand 1,325,432 1,678,639
Total 1,325,432 1,678,639

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17. Analysis of changes in net debt

Analysis of changes in net debt
Cash at bank and in hand
Total		 At 1
September
2021
£
1,678,639		 Cash
flows
£

(353,207)		 At 31
August
2022
£
1,325,432

1,678,639


(353,207)
1,325,432

18. Other financial commitments

At the balance sheet date, the Charity had operating lease commitments of £nil (2021: £119) in respect of a lease in place at the balance sheet date.

19. Related party transactions

Apart from as disclosed elsewhere in the financial statements, there are no other transactions with related parties in either the current and/or prior years that require disclosure.

20. Controlling party

The Charity is controlled by Board of Trustees as a whole and there is no one individual with overall control.

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