Overall GiG Score: 29 based on 18 data points
Finance: 5
Governance: 9
Support: 15
Liabilities <10%: +3, Strong growth: +2,
Good trustee age range: +3, Dynamic board: +3, Gender balanced board: +3,
Large volunteers +3, Supporters: +12

ACTION TUTORING 

Overview

Action Tutoring provides additional tutoring to pupils in primary and secondary schools from disadvantaged backgrounds, helping to narrow the attainment gap.

Growth has been strong recently, stimulated by participation in the National Tutoring Programme and by the introduction of online tutoring, which has made it far simpler to recruit volunteer tutors.

Source: Giving is Great

Mission:

Helping pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds reach an adequate competency in English & Maths to allow them to progress into further education, employment or training.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 12 years

www.actiontutoring.org.uk

hello@actiontutoring.org.uk

0300 102 0094

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
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
31/08/22£2,588£2,643£-54£0£1,580£1,5707.1732,344
31/08/21£2,468£2,155£314£0£1,634£7334.1622,749
31/08/20£1,422£1,198£224£0£1,320£1,03810.4321,098
31/08/19?£1,576£1,201£375£0£1,096£5315.3261,150
30/06/18£979£812£167£0£721£72110.7221,140
30/06/17£783£592£190£0£454£4549.2180
30/06/16£622£493£129£1£263£2686.5150
30/06/15£366£314£52n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/14£266£200£65n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/13£107£90£16n/an/an/an/an/a0
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 7.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 18.3
Asset Split ?
Comment: Typically, 40% of programme costs are covered by fees from schools and income was significantly enhanced by participation in the National Tutoring Programme. In order to maintain growth, AT will need to ramp up donations and income from the corporate sector

Source: Giving is Great

What it does
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
Action Tutoring provides free tuition to pupils from low-income backgrounds through partnerships with schools, using high quality volunteer tutors, aiming to ensure pupils are equipped in English and maths to be able to progress to further education, employment or training. The charity operates in the following cities: London, Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, Sheffield, Brighton and Newcastle.
Who works here?
  • 73 employees
  • 2,344 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,

Who's supporting them? ?

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£756,000
The Dulverton Trust£86,666
The EQ Foundation£75,000
Nesta£13,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
The Dulverton Trust
£70,000 19/10/2022
Core Funding
The EQ Foundation
£25,000 16/08/2022
Unrestricted
Woodward Charitable Trust
£5,000 12/11/2021
Towards core costs
The EQ Foundation
£25,000 01/08/2021
Unrestricted
Impetus PEF
£62,500 01/07/2021
DCMS
£9,764 23/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Impetus PEF
£253,000 01/07/2020
The Dulverton Trust
£16,666 10/06/2020
Online tuition pilot (Action Tutoring)
The EQ Foundation
£25,000 01/05/2020
Coronavirus appeal
Nesta
£13,500 23/04/2020
2
COVID19 Emergency Fund programme grant to Action Tutoring Ltd Grant Ref AC01106
The Fore
£5,000 15/04/2020
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Action Tutoring, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
Sussex Community Foundation
£5,000 18/11/2019
9
Funding was provided for a tutoring programme in Glebe and Eastbrook Primary Schools in Southwick.
Impetus PEF
£440,500 01/07/2019
Impetus PEF
£364,000 01/07/2018
Impetus PEF
£255,000 01/07/2017
Nesta
£129,501 16/03/2017
24
Growth and Sustaining Fund programme grant to Action Tutoring Ltd Grant Ref AC00598
DCMS
£64,751 16/03/2017
In April 2013, the Office for Civil Society launched the Centre for Social Action with the goal of encouraging people to make a difference through social action. As part of the Centre, the Office for ....more
Walcot Foundation
£10,000 22/08/2016
12
Tutoring for disadvantaged pupils in Lambeth
Impetus PEF
£277,000 01/07/2016
City Bridge Trust
£50,000 26/05/2015
£50,000 over 18 months for work to improve tutor materials and training resources, recruitment of a Programme Coordinator and improvements to the way in which pupil outcomes are monitored.
Nesta
£167,989 11/12/2013
Centre for Social Action Innovation Fund programme grant to Action Tutoring Ltd Grant Ref AC00367
The Fore
£20,000 31/12/2012
Grant enabled Action Tutoring to continue to expand their programme while they built up the sustainable long-term income sources to ensure the future of the organisation. Action Tutoring has since ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How do they operate?

Action Tutoring Programme

Objectives: To close the attainment gap between pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds and their more affluent peers

Intervention period: 8-12 weeks of hour long sessions

Beneficiaries: Primary and secondary school children

Location: National

Description: Cohorts of 18-20 pupils are selected in each school to receive additional tutoring from volunteers. Each tutor works with 2 or 3 pupils at the school, either in person or online.

All volunteers attend training and an induction session prior to beginning their tutoring. Volunteer tutors come from a wide range of backgrounds including, but not limited to, university students, working professionals and retired individuals.

Growth has been stimulated by participation in the National Tutoring Programme and by the introduction of online sessions. The latter has removed the challenge of needing to recruit tutors within easy reach of each school.

How effective are they?
Outputs
Outcomes
Y/EPrimary school pupils tutoredSecondary school pupils tutored% of Primary school pupils meeting national standards in SATs% of Pupils achieving pass grade in GCSEs when completing 10 or more tutoring sessions
30/08/20223,0263,13367%72%
30/08/20212,6552,873N/A%80.5%
30/08/20208701,238N/A%N/A%
Commentary: Historically, Action Tutoring pupils who attend ten or more sessions have consistently outperformed the forecast national figure for disadvantaged pupils in both English and Maths. This is despite the majority of Action Tutoring pupils having been identified as at risk of not achieving pass grades in their tutored subjects. Although the pupils on the programme come from low income backgrounds, their pass statistics are in line with national averages indicating the significant impact of the interventions. In addition to the SATs and GCSE achievements, Action Tutoring has demonstrated impact in other measures of satisfaction volunteers gain from tutoring and increases in confidence seen by teachers from pupils in class after attending sessions
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Who works here?

  • SUSANNAH HARDYMAN
    Chief Executive
    Appointed: October 2011
Susannah is the founder and CEO of Action Tutoring. She was inspired to start Action Tutoring following experiences working in the charity sector and as a private tutor, recognising the potential to make the benefits of tutoring available to those that might not otherwise afford it, using volunteers. She graduated from the University of Cambridge, where she studied Theology at St John’s College and holds a Masters from Kings College London ....more
  • JEN FOX
    Deputy CEO
After reading Genetics at Trinity College Dublin, Jen spent a year as Education Officer of the Students’ Union before her first post in the charity sector working with ‘Business in the Community’ on their education programmes. In 2012 she emigrated to the UK and spent three years teaching in a secondary school in south London. While there she specialised in programme design for high achieving disadvantaged pupils and completed the Teach ....more
  • FLEUR PEEL
    Director of Marketing and Communications
    Appointed: September 2016
Before joining Action Tutoring, Fleur worked on the Communications Team of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE), helping to support young people to develop skills through their DofE programmes and improve their life chances.
  • SUSANNAH FRENCH
    Director of Finance and Operations
    Appointed: August 2022
Prior to joining Action Tutoring, Susannah worked in a variety of roles, most recently as Operations Director for an Education Charity. Having left school at 16, she completed her degree in Law as a mature student, studying alongside working part time to achieve this. She has been a school governor since 2009, chairing various sub-committees, recruiting and mentoring new governors and undertaking the role of Link Governor. She is the current ....more

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-64
  • ABBIE HAYES Appointed: 2022Occupation: University Fundraiser
  • ANNA PAIGE Appointed: 2019Occupation: Business Executive
Anna is Director of Strategy and Performance at United Learning, a large national schools group. She joined United Learning in 2017, having spent the majority of her career to that point as a civil servant in the Department for Education. At DfE, her responsibilities included leading the recent reforms of GCSEs and A levels, policy relating to....more
Jo has worked in education for 25 years in a number of different posts, including ITT course tutor, teaching and learning consultant, assistant Primary Strategy manager, senior school improvement consultant, as well as senior leadership positions in school, including Principal of two primary academies in a large Multi-Academy Trust. She led her....more
Peter is a partner at Advent Venture Partners in London and has over 20 years experience in Venture Capital. He has considerable experience as a non-executive Director working with small growing organisations. He spent his early career as a consultant with PWC and as a software developer. He has been a volunteer tutor with Action Tutoring since....more
Susannah is the founder and CEO of Action Tutoring. She was inspired to start Action Tutoring following experiences working in the charity sector and as a private tutor, recognising the potential to make the benefits of tutoring available to those that might not otherwise afford it, using volunteers.
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/05/2012, number: 1147175
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/06/2012, number: 08105978
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Main office

Action Tutoring
Fivefields
8-10 Grosvenor Gardens
London
SW1W 0DH

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('THE OBJECTS') ARE TO SUPPORT PEOPLE IN EDUCATION THROUGH:THE PROVISION OF TUTORS TO PROVIDE ACADEMIC SUPPORT TO PUPILS PREPARING FOR EXAMS;PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS; ANDTHE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PUPILS, RAISING ASPIRATIONS IN ADDITION TO ACADEMIC SUPPORT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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