TUTORFAIR FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1157781 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We arrange tutoring free of charge to people who for whatever reason have not had access to education or who need to or wish to advance their education. Ordinarily this is done in the context of a school, with the schools selected on the basis of high deprivation within their catchments, and otherwise we work in partnership with other educational charities.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL PARTS OF THE UK AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THOSE SUFFERING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE THE PROVISION OF PERSONAL TUTORS AND EDUCATORS TO PROMOTE COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING OF SUBJECTS OF EDUCATIONAL VALUE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £79,635, driven by a significant rise in trading income and grants. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern and maintains adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08087597

Funders the charity credits

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

• Arnold Clark Community Fund — “Arnold Clark Community Fund first funded our work in 2021 and has since made several grants to support tutoring for young people of all ages…” (source page)
• Betty Messenger CF — “After hosting us at an event in 2020, BMCF has become a huge part of our story. Their generous support has been indispensable in helping us …” (source page)
• Harrison Frank Family Foundation — “Harrison Frank Family Foundation have made several grants to support our work since 2016. Their support has enabled free tutoring for young …” (source page)
• The Leathersellers’ Company — “Joining the community in 2022, The Leathersellers’ Company have provided essential funding across our portfolio of online tutoring programme…” (source page)
• The National Lottery Community Fund — “In mid-2020 The National Lottery Community Fund provided a pivotal grant to support our transition to online tutoring during the COVID-19 pa…” (source page)
• Nesta — “From 2017, Nesta’s Click, Connect, Learn? fund supported the development and delivery of the Tutorfair On-Demand pilot, which reached more t…” (source page)
• Newby Trust — “Joining our community in 2022, Newby Trust have made an incredible contribution to covering the cost of our Programmes Lead and Programme Ma…” (source page)
• Royal Society of Chemistry — “Since 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry have been supporting our work with highly ambitious KS5 learners hoping to study STEM subjects at uni…” (source page)
• Westminster Foundation — “First funding our work in 2020, The Westminster Foundation have made several projects possible - including our KS5 STEM tutoring and our You…” (source page)
• Marsh Charitable Trust — “In 2022, the Marsh Charitable Trust joined our community of supporters. The trust specialises in funding core running costs, affording us th…” (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.

• MACLAINE, Mark Thomas — director, appointed 13/12/2024on trustee list
• GROUND, Andrew Patrick — director, appointed 29/05/2012on trustee list
• STOCKWELL, Edmund Hugh — director, appointed 29/05/2012on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW GROUNDchair
• EDMUND STOCKWELL
• MARK MACLAINE

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HORLOCK EDUCATIONAL TRUST.

• HORLOCK EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £281k
• EDUCATION SUPPORT PARTNERSHIP income £4.6m
• FUND FOR ACTION THROUGH EDUCATION income £30k
• THE BOLTON SCHOOL BURSARY FOUNDATION income £11.9m
• TUTOR THE NATION income £285k
• THE ROWLAND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION income £378k

Side by side with its peers

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