Registered charity (CIO) · Manchester
Association of Higher Education Professionals
Association of Higher Education Professionals is a registered charity (number 1179422) based in Manchester, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Rachel Catherine Hill-Kelly since 2023. Latest income £761k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 11 trustees
- Income £761k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rachel Catherine Hill-KellyChair · since 2023
- Dr Thea GibbsTrustee · since 2019
- Emily Elizabeth Maddock KhanTrustee · since 2023
- James Peter IrvingTrustee · since 2023
- Jonathan DempseyTrustee · since 2022
- Josh GulrajaniTrustee · since 2023
- Lucy Jane HaywardTrustee · since 2023
- Michael MercerTrustee · since 2022
- Nikki PierceTrustee · since 2023
- Ruth CoomberTrustee · since 2020
- Valerie Williams FoyTrustee · since 2023
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, Scotland
- Website
- aua.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£761k£957k
- 2024£733k£952k
- 2023£707k£835k
Earlier years
- 2022£720k£692k
- 2021£763k£609k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE ASSOCIATION IS TO ADVANCE AND ASSIST IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY FOSTERING SOUND METHODS OF LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION IN FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION BY EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND OTHER MEANS.
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
- Rachel Catherine Hill-Kelly Chair since 2023
- Dr Thea Gibbs since 2019
- Emily Elizabeth Maddock Khan since 2023
- James Peter Irving since 2023
- Jonathan Dempsey since 2022
- Josh Gulrajani since 2023
- Lucy Jane Hayward since 2023
- Michael Mercer since 2022
- Nikki Pierce since 2023
- Ruth Coomber since 2020
- Valerie Williams Foy since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Thea Gibbs since 2019
- Ruth Coomber since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Rachel Catherine Hill-Kelly Chair since 2023
- Dr Thea Gibbs since 2019
- Emily Elizabeth Maddock Khan since 2023
- James Peter Irving since 2023
- Jonathan Dempsey since 2022
- Josh Gulrajani since 2023
- Lucy Jane Hayward since 2023
- Michael Mercer since 2022
- Nikki Pierce since 2023
- Ruth Coomber since 2020
- Valerie Williams Foy since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 9.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1179422
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 01 Aug 2018 as amended on 10 Jan 2024 as amended on 10 Oct 2024
- Contact on the register
- 01612752063 · aua@aua.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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