Higher Education Policy Institute

Registered charity 1099645 Registered since 2003

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.

5 trustees on the board

Mary Elizabeth Curnock Cook CBE since 2020
Professor Dame Julia Goodfellow since 2021
Professor Nicholas Robin Pearce since 2024
Professor Sally Mapstone since 2021
Professor Sir Christopher Roy Husbands since 2024

4y median 5y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Mary Elizabeth Curnock Cook CBE since 2020

12.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Mary Elizabeth Curnock Cook CBE since 2020
Professor Dame Julia Goodfellow since 2021
Professor Sally Mapstone since 2021

Portfolio (2)

Professor Nicholas Robin Pearce since 2024
Professor Sir Christopher Roy Husbands since 2024

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 5Disability 2General Charitable Purposes 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 14Professional services 11Other services 5

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

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incomespending£842k 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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 19.0 in 2021

7 from 5 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

Jisc 1 shared trustee
Foundations - What Works Centre for Children and Families 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

ST Joseph's School Nottingham Similar size; both Education
Derwent Stepping Stones Nursery and Community Training Centre Similar size; both Education
Minsthorpe Charitable Trust Similar size; both Education
Woolf Institute Similar size; both Education

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.hepi.ac.uk
Email	admin@hepi.ac.uk
Phone	01865 284450
Address	CUMBERLAND COURT, 80 MOUNT STREET, NOTTINGHAM, NG1 6HH

Finances

£841,651 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£554,323	£428,979
2022	£542,665	£470,298
2023	£785,968	£636,969
2024	£799,493	£731,008
2025	£841,651	£746,499

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO AND UNDERSTANDING OF ALL ASPECTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE EDUCATION AND BENEFIT OF POLICY MAKERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE UNITED KINGDOM PROVIDED THAT THE INCOME AND PROPERTY OF THE INSTITUTE SHALL NOT BE APPLIED DIRECTLY IN THE RELIEF OF RATES, TAXES OR OTHER PUBLIC FUNDS, BUT MAY BE APPLIED IN SUPPLEMENTARY RELIEF OR ASSISTANCE THEREOF.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5 AUGUST 2002 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 29 AUGUST 2003 NOW ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 21 DECEMBER 2010.

Trustees (5)

5trustees

67median age

1aged 70+

Mary Elizabeth Curnock Cook CBEage band 65-69 since 2020
Professor Dame Julia Goodfellowage band 75-79 since 2021
Professor Nicholas Robin Pearceage band 55-59 since 2024
Professor Sally Mapstoneage band 65-69 since 2021
Professor Sir Christopher Roy Husbandsage band 65-69 since 2024

Linked company (Companies House)

Higher Education Policy Institute · 04503712 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 05/08/2002

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

Foundations - What Works Centre for Children and Families 1 shared trustee
Jisc 1 shared trustee

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