What Resurgo Trust does

Resurgo Trust, operating under the trading name Spear, is a UK registered charity (Charity Number 1100885) and company limited by guarantee (Company Number 04670794) headquartered in London. Founded in 2003/2005 (sources vary) and operating for over 20 years, the charity delivers the Spear Programme, an in-person coaching intervention targeting 16–24 year-olds who are not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET). The 4–6 week structured programme is delivered through a network of 18 UK centres and combines personal coaching, work-readiness skills development, and post-programme support, with reported outcomes of 70%+ of completers in work or education a year later and more than 1.2k lives changed annually.

The underlying technology is a proprietary coaching methodology rather than a software platform; delivery is centred on trained coaches and centre-based engagement, with the curriculum itself serving as the core intellectual asset. A separate "Coaching for Leadership" service line extends the methodology into a corporate audience. Distribution relies on a multi-channel inbound funnel: self-referral via the website, and referral partnerships with schools, Jobcentres, charities, and community organisations.

The business model is not commercially transactional for participants — services are free to young people. Funding is drawn from three streams: individual donations (e.g. through the dedicated spear.givingpage.org page), corporate partnerships (funding plus graduate hiring commitments), and church partnerships (volunteers, community access, and centre-level funding). Additional grant funding from institutional funders such as the CVC Foundation in 2025 indicates ongoing diversification of the revenue base. The organisation employs 101–250 staff across the UK and is governed by a board of trustees, with no disclosed parent company, private equity, or venture capital ownership.

Name

Resurgo Trust

Legal name

Resurgo Trust

Website

https://resurgo.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Resurgo Trust, operating as Spear, is a UK registered charity that runs the Spear Programme — a 4–6 week in-person coaching intervention across 18 UK centres for 16–24 year-olds not in education, employment or training, funded by donations, corporate partners, and church partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Employment Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Support Services (61171), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Dropout Prevention, Alternative Education & Re-Engagement Nonprofits (BPAGADAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Alternative Education & Dropout Prevention / Re-Engagement Programs (EDANAJAF), Wraparound Student Support & Case Management Services (At-Risk K–12) (EDAJAEAJ)

Keywords

• Youth employment programme
• Coaching methodology
• NEET support services
• Employability training
• Workforce development

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: The charity raises funds from individual donors through its dedicated donation page. Public donations support programme operations.
2. Corporate Partnerships: Partnerships with businesses who fund the programme and provide employment opportunities for graduates.
3. Church Partnerships: Partnerships with churches who provide community support, volunteers, and funding for local Spear centres.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Resurgo Trust operates the Spear Programme, a 4-6 week coaching-based youth employment intervention for 16-24 year olds who are not in education, employment, or training (NEET). The programme combines personal coaching, work-readiness skills development, and ongoing post-completion support, delivered free of charge through 18 community-based centres across the UK. The organisation also offers coaching-for-leadership consulting services to firms.

Product overview

Spear is a youth employment charity operating the Spear Programme as its core product offering. The Spear Programme is a unified coaching-based intervention targeting 16-24 year olds who are not in education, employment, or training (NEET). The programme runs for an initial 4-6 weeks of intensive coaching and training, with ongoing support. Spear operates 18 centres across the UK and changes over 1,200 lives each year, with over 70% of programme completers in work or education a year later.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Spear Programme Coaching-based youth employment programme for 16-24 year olds not in education, employment, or training (NEET). Delivered as an initial 4-6 weeks of intensive personal coaching and work-readiness skills development, with ongoing post-programme support. Free to participants, funded via donations, corporate partnerships, and church partnerships.
• Coaching for Leadership Coaching-for-leadership consulting service offered by Resurgo Trust to firms and organisations to enhance leadership performance and outcomes. Described at a high level on the organisation's website without further detail in the source data.

Quantifiable outcome

• 70%+ of programme completers are in work or education a year later
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Corporate PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partners fund the Spear Programme and provide employment opportunities for programme graduates. Partners engage through financial support, mentoring, and hiring commitments.
• Church PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChurch partners provide community support, volunteers, and in some cases funding for local Spear centres. They help reach young people in local communities.
• ImpetuscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerImpetus is featured as a partner logo on the website, indicating a strategic relationship in supporting youth employment programmes.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Youth Offer: UK government body operating the Universal Credit youth offer, Restart, and Kickstart-style schemes that compete with charities for the same NEET participants and employer placements. Sets the policy and funding backdrop in which Spear operates.
• Impetus: Major UK youth-employment venture philanthropy charity that both funds and supports charities like Spear. Comparable mission space and a stated partner of Resurgo, but operates as a funder/incubator rather than a direct service provider.
• The Youth Endowment Fund: UK endowed charity funding and evaluating interventions for children and young people at risk of involvement in violence. Overlaps with Spear on at-risk youth outcomes and evidence-based programme design, but operates primarily as a grant-maker.

Regional players

• Foundation for Young People (Australia): Australian foundation running youth-employment and training programmes for disadvantaged young people. Comparable NEET-style mission and coaching-led methodology, but operates in a different geography, illustrating the international peer set for Spear's model.

Direct peers

• Movement to Work: UK cross-sector collaboration providing work-experience and pre-employment training to young people furthest from the labour market. Comparable NEET target cohort and similar corporate-employer partnership model, but structured as an industry coalition rather than a single charity.
• Generation You Employed: Global non-profit employment programme connecting unemployed or underemployed young people to jobs through intensive training. Comparable NEET-style target cohort and outcome-focused model, with broader international reach that exceeds Spear's UK-only footprint.
• The Prince's Trust: The UK's largest youth-employment charity, offering training, mentoring, and funding to 11-30 year olds. Direct comparable to Spear's NEET-focused coaching model, but at substantially greater national scale and with deeper government and corporate relationships.
• Catch22: UK social business delivering employability, education, and social-justice programmes to young people and disadvantaged groups. Comparable mission, multi-region UK centre footprint, and similar reliance on local-authority and government contracts.
• Street League: UK charity using sport to engage and prepare NEET young people for work, delivering structured pre-employment programmes. Closely comparable coaching-to-employment model and similar target demographic.
• Tomorrow's People: UK charity running structured employability programmes for disadvantaged young people and adults. Direct overlap in target population, coaching-led methodology, and corporate partnership model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/resurgo-trust
• Instagraminstagram.com/spear_org
• TikToktiktok.com/@spear_org

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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