16-year-old software student and founder of a solo tutoring business. Building real products, competing nationally, and shipping code that gets used.
I'm a Year 12 student at LUSoM Sixth Form in Lancaster, studying Maths, Further Maths and Computing at A-level - targeting A*A*A*.
In March 2026, I led the data and ML solution slides in a consulting-style proposal presented to 9 professionals at Lloyds Banking Group and TCS, receiving strong praise from every judge. I've competed in national data and maths competitions and presented at university level aged 16.
Alongside my studies I run a solo GCSE Maths tutoring business - 5 active clients, £15/hr, and a custom-built management tool I wrote in Python to track sessions, client progress, and earnings.
I run a solo GCSE Maths tutoring business - finding clients, running sessions, tracking progress, and managing payments entirely independently. All 5 clients came through referrals or direct outreach.
Rather than using off-the-shelf tools, I built my own business management system in Python to handle everything the business needs: client records, session logs, weak topic tracking, payment status, and earnings summaries.
It's a real product I use every week - not a demo project.
Led the data and ML solution slides in a consulting-style proposal on predicting customer financial difficulty. Received strong praise from all 9 industry judges.
Competed at regional level in one of the UK's leading student data competitions. Targeting a leadership role and further rounds in the next cycle.
Delivered a maths and statistics group project on Poisson Processes at university level, aged 16 - demonstrating academic ability beyond A-level standard.
Achieved Silver in the SMT, one of the UK's most prestigious sixth form maths competitions. Targeting Gold in the next cycle.
Submitted a full UK budget proposal demonstrating analytical thinking, research, and written communication across economics and policy.
Completed the DofE award across physical, skill, volunteering and expedition sections - demonstrating sustained commitment, teamwork, and resilience.
A C# console roguelike built in ~3 days as a school OOP project. 18 files, 3 inheritance hierarchies, turn-based combat, infinite wave scaling, a shop system, prestige meta-progression, boss fights, and ASCII art. Independently devised an abstract SaveData class pattern beyond anything taught in class.
Designed and presented the data architecture and ML approach for a consulting proposal to Lloyds Banking Group and TCS. Covered predictive modelling for identifying customers at financial risk, judged by 9 industry professionals.
Built and sold custom PCs - researching components, managing budgets, and assembling hardware end-to-end. Sourced undervalued parts, built working systems, and sold at a margin. Developed practical skills in hardware architecture, troubleshooting, and client-facing communication.
Running a solo GCSE Maths tutoring business with 5 active clients. Built a full Python CLI tool from scratch to manage client records, log sessions, track weak topics per student, mark payments, and generate earnings summaries - all backed by a local JSON store.
A consulting-style competition run in partnership between Lloyds Banking Group and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Teams were tasked with producing a data-driven proposal on how to predict and prevent customer financial difficulty using machine learning.
I led the data architecture and ML solution slides (slides 9–16), covering the modelling approach, feature selection, and deployment considerations. The presentation was judged by 9 Lloyds and TCS professionals and received strong praise across the board.
Following the competition I connected with 7 industry professionals on LinkedIn, all of whom accepted - building a genuine network for future work experience and career opportunities.
Lloyds Banking Group × TCS Competition, March 2026
