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Registered charity · London

The Centre for Transforming Access and Student Outcomes in Higher Education

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £1.8m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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

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About

What it does
Disability
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.taso.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Centre for Transforming Access and Student Outcomes in Higher Education
Registered
2021

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.8m£1.7m
  • 2024£2.0m£2.2m
  • 2023£1.8m£1.5m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.4m£1.1m

Income trend, 2022 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 13%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY:A. UNDERTAKING, SUPPORTING AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF RESEARCH INTO INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND, IN PARTICULAR, BARRIERS TO ACCESSING HIGHER EDUCATION; ANDB. TO SUPPORT, AND PROMOTE ACCESS TO EDUCATION FOR THOSE FACING BARRIERS TO ACCESS INCLUDING (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) AS A RESULT OF SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND, AGE, RACE, DISABILITY, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RELIGION.

Grants received

3 grants · £4,450,000 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 · £4,450,000 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Education £1,500,0002024-06-12
  • Department for Education £1,540,0002021-03-30
  • Department for Education £1,410,0002021-03-30
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

3.5y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 11

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 12Health and social care 3Education 2

Gaps to watch

  • 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.

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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 4 years.
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.8m 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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

18 from 15 in 2022
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.
20 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1193025
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25 FEB 2020
Companies House
Company number 12482580 · Active
Contact on the register
02080586225 · info@taso.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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