The Tutor Trust

Analysis

The Tutor Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in September 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07771465). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Tutor Trust reported income of £3.4m and spending of £3.7m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £3.1m to £3.4m (+12%), an average of +2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Tutor Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Stowe School Foundation (£3.4m), Heartwood House (£3.4m) and Terra Nova School Trust Limited (£3.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 75% and charitable activities 25%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 2.0%. Reserves of £955k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 59 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.