For candidates →Free Schools Engagement
Subsidised employer-branded programmes for state secondaries and FE colleges in low-progression postcodes. 800+ schools reached, 220+ classified as opportunity areas.
Social impact · Externally assured
Impact is a number,
Impact is a number,
not a narrative.
We’re a registered social enterprise. That’s a legal commitment, not a marketing claim — the majority of our profit is reinvested into candidate-side programmes, and our impact is measured against a Theory of Change co-developed with Nesta in 2014. Published annually. Externally assured by Social Enterprise UK.
Theory of Change
Built on a methodology, not a mood.
When we launched in 2014, we worked with Nesta to design a Theory of Change for the work. The brief was straightforward: define the outcomes we’re actually trying to produce, the activities that drive them, and the metrics that prove (or disprove) it’s working. That document still sets our priorities.
If our tools don’t make hiring fairer, they’ve failed.
The headline outcomes are unchanged since 2014: more young people in good first jobs, fewer of those jobs gated by prior advantage, and better information flowing in both directions of the labour market. Each is measured against a baseline, reported annually, and audited by an independent third party.
We don’t claim every hire on the platform is ours to take credit for. The Theory of Change methodology is specifically designed to separate contribution from attribution — and to be honest about the difference. The full framework is in the Impact Report.
The numbers
Where the impact actually shows up.
These are the four headline metrics in the Impact Report. They’re externally assured, calculated on a consistent methodology since 2018, and disaggregated by sector, region and protected characteristic in the full report.
If you need the underlying methodology for an RFP or a social-value bid, we publish it openly. No NDA needed.
Young people reached
1.1M
Registered through our platforms since 2014. Approximately 64% from non-Russell-Group routes.
First-gen hires
42%
Of hires through the Assessment Platform are first-in-family to enter that sector.
Free schools programmes
800+
UK secondary schools and FE colleges reached by subsidised engagement programmes.
Gift-Aid equivalent
£3.2M
Reinvested in candidate-side programmes and bursaries in 2025.
Programmes
Four candidate-side programmes, fully reinvested.
The reinvestment is the social-enterprise mechanism in action. Employers pay us. Candidates don’t. Surplus funds these programmes, which exist to give young people without the usual support a route in.
First-Gen Bursaries
Travel, kit and professional-clothing grants for candidates progressing to assessment centres or interviews. £180k disbursed in 2025.
Apprenticeship Routeway
Free TalentAssess preparation, mock-interview support and feedback for school-leavers applying to apprenticeship programmes via GetMyFirstJob.
Open Research
Our predictive validity, adverse-impact and engagement methodologies are published openly. Free for any UK employer or researcher to use, with attribution.
External assurance
Audited, not just reported.
Self-reported impact numbers are easy to inflate. Ours are checked.
The annual Impact Report is reviewed by Social Enterprise UK against their assurance framework. The Theory of Change was originally co-designed with Nesta and is reviewed every three years. Predictive validity and adverse-impact methodology underpinning the Assessment Platform is reviewed independently by an external panel of chartered business psychologists.
For procurement: we can supply the assurance letter, the underlying methodology, and the disaggregated raw data under NDA. For social-value bids, the documentation pack is pre-built — ask and we’ll send it over.
Most of what we publish, we’ve asked someone else to check first.
For public sector procurement
Social Value Act ready, by default.
Social-value-weighted bids are common in central government, NHS, local authority and education procurement — typically 10–30% of bid weight. As a registered social enterprise, we score against MAC themes (jobs, skills, social inclusion) by definition.
G-Cloud 14 listed. Crown Commercial Service supplier. Published Theory of Change. Pre-built Social Value response pack covers the standard PPN 06/20 themes.
Framework
G-Cloud 14
Listed across Cloud Hosting, Software & Support lots.
PPN 06/20 themes
5/5
Pre-built response across all five MAC themes.
Sector deployments
9
Live engagements across central government, NHS, local authority.
Data residency
UK
100% UK data centres (AWS London). No offshore subcontracting.
Endorsed, assured & partnered with
Nesta
City & Guilds
UnLtd
Social Enterprise UK
Institute of Student Employers
Crown Commercial Service
Need the documentation?
Impact pack, assurance letter, raw data — on request.
Whether you’re building a social-value response, an ESG report, a CSR review or just due-diligence for a procurement file — we’ll send the documentation, no gating, usually within one working day.