The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

AQA Education

Registered charity 1073334 Registered since 1999

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

12 trustees on the board

2.7y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (3)

12
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 12Arts/culture/heritage/science 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 27Finance 21Professional services 5

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£280.1m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

7.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 11.0 in 2021

1798 from 1281 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.aqa.org.uk
EmailGovernanceTeamAQA@aqa.org.uk
Phone0800 197 7162
AddressDEVAS STREET, MANCHESTER, M15 6EX

Finances

£280,125,196 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£135,845,844£132,973,114
2022£148,023,897£129,916,779
2023£218,419,431£250,514,747
2024£268,802,558£253,386,173
2025£280,125,196£266,419,011

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, BY THE PREPARATION, VALIDATION, ACCREDITATION, CONDUCT AND ADMINISTRATION OF:A) EXAMINATIONS FOR THE AWARD OF GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION, GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION AND GENERAL NATIONAL VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATION OR SUCH OTHER CERTIFICATES AS MAY BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THEM; ANDB) ANY OTHER TESTS, EXAMINATIONS OR OTHER SYSTEMS OF ASSESSING AND RECORDING ACADEMIC OR OTHER ACHIEVEMENT

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30/09/1998AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 30/11/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/01/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/04/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/04/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/02/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/07/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/04/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/10/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/02/2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 01/10/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/12/2014 AS AMENDED ON 28 MAR 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02 OCT 2019

Trustees (12)

12trustees
59median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

AQA Education · 03644723 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 30/09/1998

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (6)

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