SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS INNOVATING FOR RESULTS
Registered charity 1149143 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STIR
STIR is building a movement of teacher changemakers to address the global learning crisis. STIR searches for teachers in the system with a spark of innovation and commitment; networks changemakers together locally, so they can share and implement classroom 'micro-innovations', and influence peers; and then connects them to partners and policy makers who can support them to improve learning.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £0.15 million for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to the closure of its India operations and foreign exchange losses. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £0.41 million, which represents just under three months of current annual budgeted spend and is broadly in line with the charity's reserves policy. The trustees confirmed that the charity will remain a going concern for at least the next 12 months.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to four months of operating activities (held: £410k)
“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 FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 7
“Aggregate donations from trustees received in the year ended 31 March 2025 amounted to £NIL (2024 - £10,000).” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
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
- Sharath Jeevan — Founder (source)
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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Michael Renvillardchair
- BIJOYA BANERJEA
- Euan Wilmshurst · trustee of 4 other charities
- JOHN AUSTEN KNIGHT
- Leah Anyanwu
- Louise Marie Henbest
- Sarah Eugenie Nokhanya Washington
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: India · Uganda
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS INNOVATING FOR RESULTS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £0.15 million for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to the closure of its India operations and foreign exchange losses. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £0.41 million, which represents just under three months of current annual budgeted spend and is broadly in line with the charity's reserves policy. The trustees confirmed that the charity will remain a going concern for at least the next 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit 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
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