Registered charity · York
Advance HE
- 16 trustees
- Income £18m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Professor Mark Edmund SmithChair · since 2024
- Alexandra OwenTrustee · since 2024
- Alexandra OwenTrustee · since 2024
- Annette HayTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Samuel GroganTrustee · since 2023
- Janet LegrandTrustee · since 2021
- Paul Jonathan WoodgatesTrustee · since 2021
- Professor David MbaTrustee · since 2024
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- Professor David SadlerTrustee · since 2021
- Professor Elwen EvansTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Joanna NewmanTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Karen O'BrienTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Parveen YaqoobTrustee · since 2023
- Professor Randall WhittakerTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Stephen DecentTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Susan RigbyTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 9 other charities:
- Belgrade Theatre Trust (Coventry) Limited · 1 shared trustee
- Rnli Lifesaving Endowment · 1 shared trustee
- The Royal National Lifeboat Institution · 1 shared trustee
- Southampton Hospitals Charity · 1 shared trustee
- The Afbe-UK Foundation · 1 shared trustee
- The Anti-Racism Foundation · 1 shared trustee
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- Peterborough Educational Trust · 1 shared trustee
- ST Chad's College Durham · 1 shared trustee
- The British Council · 1 shared trustee
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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
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.
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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.
15 trustees on the board
- Professor Mark Edmund Smith Chair since 2024
- Alexandra Owen since 2024
- Alexandra Owen since 2024
- Annette Hay since 2021
- Dr Samuel Grogan since 2023
- Janet Legrand since 2021
- Paul Jonathan Woodgates since 2021
- Professor David Mba since 2024
- Professor David Sadler since 2021
- Professor Elwen Evans since 2024
- Professor Joanna Newman since 2024
- Professor Karen O'Brien since 2024
- Professor Parveen Yaqoob since 2023
- Professor Randall Whittaker since 2024
- Professor Stephen Decent since 2024
- Professor Susan Rigby since 2026
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Dr Samuel Grogan since 2023
- Professor David Sadler since 2021
- Professor Elwen Evans since 2024
- Professor Joanna Newman since 2024
- Professor Karen O'Brien since 2024
- Professor Parveen Yaqoob since 2023
- Professor Randall Whittaker since 2024
- Professor Stephen Decent since 2024
- Professor Susan Rigby since 2026
Portfolio (7)
- Professor Mark Edmund Smith Chair since 2024
- Alexandra Owen since 2024
- Alexandra Owen since 2024
- Annette Hay since 2021
- Janet Legrand since 2021
- Paul Jonathan Woodgates since 2021
- Professor David Mba since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
3.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 5.7 in 2021
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 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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