SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS INNOVATING FOR RESULTS

Registered charity 1149143 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STIR

Latest income
£1.9m
Latest spending
£2.1m
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £0.61 million for the year ended 31 March 2024, resulting in total funds of £0.59 million. Unrestricted reserves stood at £0.54 million, which the trustees confirmed is in line with their stated policy target of three to four months of operating expenditure.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to four months of operating activities (held: £546k)
STiR continues to build reserves through planned operating surpluses to meet the working capital requirements of the charity, which is currently set at three to four months of operating activities
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Aggregate donations from trustees received in the year ended 31 March 2024 amounted to £10,000 (2023 - £nil).
Aggregate donations from trustees received in the year ended 31 March 2024 amounted to £10,000 (2023 - £nil). There were no other transactions with related parties during the year — page 37
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott LLP.

What the charity says about itself

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report— the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

The provided text is an evaluation report commissioned by the charity, not the charity's own voluntary annual review. However, it contains factual claims made by the charity's partners and stakeholders regarding the program's reach and impact. The following highlights are extracted from the report's findings section.
Respondents noted that STiR Education reached a significantly larger share, covering 60-70% of teachers with structured training spanning six months to three years.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.9m
Total spending
£2.1m
Reserves (reported)
£408k
Employees
56

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: India · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.9m£2.1m
31/03/2024£2.0m£2.6m
31/03/2023£2.0m£2.4m
31/03/2022£958k£2.0m
31/03/2021£2.7m£1.9m

Common questions

Is SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS INNOVATING FOR RESULTS financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £0.61 million for the year ended 31 March 2024, resulting in total funds of £0.59 million. Unrestricted reserves stood at £0.54 million, which the trustees confirmed is in line with their stated policy target of three to four months of operating expenditure. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Buzzacott LLP.

Who funds SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS INNOVATING FOR RESULTS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS INNOVATING FOR RESULTS as a grant recipient include THE HEADLEY TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmount
THE HEADLEY TRUSTFY2025£50k
THE HEADLEY TRUSTFY2023£40k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery10/02/2025£150kSpecial Award 2025
Postcode Lottery01/12/2023£300kSpecial Award 2024 - Year 3 of 3
Postcode Lottery30/11/2022£300kSpecial Award 2023 - Year 2 of 3
Postcode Lottery30/11/2021£300kSpecial Grant 2022 - Year 1 of 3

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