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The Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education

To advance education for public benefit through the independent review of student complaints in England and Wales and by using learning from complaints to help improve policies and practices.

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £9.1m (2025)
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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
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.oiahe.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education
Registered
2011

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£9.1m£8.1m
  • 2024£8.4m£7.6m
  • 2023£7.3m£7.2m
Earlier years
  • 2022£6.6m£6.6m
  • 2021£6.2m£8.8m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

To advance education for public benefit through the independent review of student complaints in England and Wales and by using learning from complaints to help improve policies and practices.

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.

11 trustees on the board

2.4y median 1y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

11
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 11Accommodation/housing 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 16Other services 10Professional services 2

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£9.1m 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.

6.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.0 in 2021

106 from 98 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
1141289
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07 JUL 2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01 JUL 2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02 APR 2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 08 APR 2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07 MAY 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 MAR 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 MAR 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 OCT 2024
Companies House
Company number 04823842 · Active
Contact on the register
01189599813 · enquiries@oiahe.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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