Schools and Teachers Innovating for Results
Analysis
Schools and Teachers Innovating for Results is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2012, 14 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 08186440). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.
In the financial year ending March 2025, Schools and Teachers Innovating for Results reported income of £1.9m and spending of £2.1m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.7m to £1.9m (-28%), an average of -8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 110%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.
Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Schools and Teachers Innovating for Results sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Norfolk Citizens Advice (£1.9m), The Royal Northern College of Music Awards Fund (£1.9m) and Queen Mary, University of London Foundation (£1.9m).
In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £408k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 56 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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Donations 100%
- Trading 0.1%
In the charity's own words
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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|---|---|---|
| Norfolk Citizens Advice | Norwich | £1.9m |
| The Royal Northern College of Music Awards Fund | Manchester | £1.9m |
| Queen Mary, University of London Foundation | London | £1.9m |
| Camden Garden Centre Charitable Trust | London | £1.9m |