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Registered charity · York

Advance HE

  • 16 trustees
  • Income £18m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Bahrain, China, India, Kazakhstan and more
Website
www.advance-he.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Advance HE
Registered
2004

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£18m£18m
  • 2024£19m£10m
  • 2023£17m£17m
Earlier years
  • 2022£16m£27m
  • 2021£15m£14m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:(A) TO PROMOTE HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT,(B) TO FURTHER PROMOTE HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY FURTHER DEVELOPING THE PROFESSIONALISM AND PROFILE OF LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE WITHIN THE HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR,(C)TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, INCLUDING THE EDUCATION SECTOR AND ANY OTHER SECTORS THAT THE BOARD DEEMS APPROPRIATE.

Grants received

2 grants · £130,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Education · £130,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Education £80,0002020-01-31
  • Department for Education £50,0002020-01-31
Board analysis

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.

2.8y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
12.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (7)

13
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 15The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Accommodation/housing 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 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 30Business services 7Other services 6

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£17.6m latest income
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.

3.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 5.7 in 2021

182 from 147 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1101607
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/10/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/08/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/11/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/06/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/06/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 26 MAR 2018 as amended on 31 Mar 2018
Companies House
Company number 04931031 · Active
Contact on the register
01904717500 · corporate.support@advance-he.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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