ACTION TUTORING

Registered charity 1147175 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACT:ON TUTORING

Action Tutoring provides subsidised tuition to pupils facing disadvantage through partnerships with schools, using trained 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 nationally across England.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £206,943 for the year ended 31 August 2025, primarily due to the end of government funding from the National Tutoring Programme. Per the trustees' report, this loss was covered by designated funds, leaving free unrestricted reserves at £1.3m, which is within the stated policy target range of £1.3m to £2.0m. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Goodman Jones LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08105978

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Action Tutoring (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Impetus — “‘Action Tutoring is an engine of impact . For fifteen years they have focused relentlessly on a single thing – make tutoring accessible to a…” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• ROBINS, Claire Elizabeth — director, appointed 04/09/2026not on trustee list
• BROOK, Nicholas — director, appointed 30/04/2026not on trustee list
• MANN, Richard Alexander James — director, appointed 23/03/2026on trustee list
• WARD, Paul Robert — director, appointed 18/07/2025on trustee list
• HAYES, Abbie Jane — director, appointed 06/12/2022on trustee list
• SELVARAJAH, Sarasavi — director, appointed 06/12/2022on trustee list
• SHADRACK, Mark Andrew — director, appointed 06/01/2022on trustee list
• PAIGE, Anna Jane — director, appointed 15/07/2019on trustee list
• BAINES, Peter — director, appointed 03/06/2015on trustee list
• BULL, Nicholas David Salter — secretary, appointed 02/12/2024

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (76% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 11.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Peter Baineschair
• Abbie Hayes
• Anna Paige
• CLAIRE ELIZABETH ROBINS
• Mark Andrew Shadrack
• Nick Brook
• Paul Robert Ward
• Richard Mann
• Sarasavi Selvarajah

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TUTORS UNITED.

• TUTORS UNITED income £754k
• THE TUTOR TRUST income £3.4m
• TUTOR THE NATION income £285k
• TUTORFAIR FOUNDATION income £226k
• TALENT ENGAGED ACADEMY income £622k
• TEEN ACTION income £342k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.