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Advance HE

Educational support services

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 79

  1. Julie Suzzanne Aggus Ashworth 2024-2026 Director View profile
  2. Professor Sarah Greer 2022-2024 Director View profile
  3. Professor Andrea Mary Nolan 2022-2024 Director View profile
  4. Professor Frances Marie Corner 2021-2023 Director View profile
  5. Professor Helen Eileen Langton 2021-2024 Director View profile
  6. Professor David John Richardson 2021-2023 Director View profile
  7. Professor Quintin Archibald Mckellar 2021-2024 Director View profile
  8. Heather Francis 2021-2023 Director View profile
  9. Christoper Cobb 2019-2021 Director View profile
  10. Saad Mahmood Qureshi 2019-2024 Director View profile
  11. Professor Helen Elisabeth Higson 2018-2021 Director View profile
  12. Professor Helen Mary O'Sullivan-Heritage 2018-2021 Director View profile
  13. Dr Helen Samantha Parrett 2018-2020 Director View profile
  14. Rose Elaine Wangen-Jones 2018-2023 Director View profile
  15. Nicola Jane Arnold 2018-2021 Director View profile
  16. Christoper Mark Sayers 2018-2024 Director View profile
  17. Professor Eunice Angela Simmons 2018-2021 Director View profile
  18. Professor Colin Bryan Riordan 2018-2020 Director View profile
  19. Professor Nigel Anthony Seaton 2018-2022 Director View profile
  20. Sir Nigel Martyn Carrington 2018-2021 Director View profile
  21. Stephen Andrew Marston 2018-2023 Director View profile
  22. Amatey Victor Doku 2017-2019 Director View profile
  23. Professor Alexander Dudley Neill 2016-2018 Director View profile
  24. Professor Anthony William Forster 2016-2018 Director View profile
  25. Sorana-Iuliana Vieru 2015-2017 Director View profile
  26. Geoffrey Mark Layer 2015-2022 Director View profile
  27. John Eric Robinson 2015-2018 Director View profile
  28. Professor Richard John Last 2015-2018 Director View profile
  29. Iain James Macdonald Rolland 2014-2016 Director View profile
  30. Megan Eileen Dunn 2014-2015 Director View profile
  31. Sara Lamb Parkin 2014-2018 Director View profile
  32. Toni Kristian Pearce 2013-2014 Director View profile
  33. Rebecca Mary Bunting 2011-2019 Director View profile
  34. Professor Donald Nutbeam 2011-2015 Director View profile
  35. Professor Peter Rolf Lutzeier 2011-2014 Director View profile
  36. Liam James Burns 2011-2013 Director View profile
  37. Michael Anthony Gerard Mannion 2011-2015 Director View profile
  38. Jonathan Simon Rich 2011-2018 Director View profile
  39. Robert Gordon Barlow 2011-2013 Director View profile
  40. Rama Shankaran Thirunamachandran 2010-2018 Director View profile
  41. Aaron Ross Porter 2010-2011 Director View profile
  42. Professor Janice Margaret Kay 2009-2023 Director View profile
  43. Anthony Carey 2009-2018 Director View profile
  44. Geoffrey Alan Donnelly 2009-2016 Director View profile
  45. Professor Antony John Chapman 2009-2016 Director View profile
  46. Professor Sir Keith Burnett 2008-2010 Director View profile
  47. Professor Dorothy Allan Whittington 2008-2010 Director View profile
  48. Professor Gillian Kay Salmon 2008-2010 Director View profile
  49. Sir Professor Timothy Michael Martin O'Shea 2007-2008 Director View profile
  50. Professor Lesley- Jayne Eales-Reynolds 2007-2010 Director View profile
  51. Professor Peter John Goodhew 2007-2010 Director View profile
  52. Professor Patricia Mary Broadfoot 2007-2009 Director View profile
  53. Wesley Paul William Streeting 2006-2010 Director View profile
  54. Prof Bernard King 2006-2010 Director View profile
  55. Professor Dianne Marie Willcocks 2005-2011 Director View profile
  56. Julian Nicholds 2005-2006 Director View profile
  57. Carole Diane Baume 2005-2007 Director View profile
  58. Professor Judith Ann Simons 2005-2007 Director View profile
  59. David Russell Francis Thomas 2004-2009 Director View profile
  60. Gary Mark Attle 2004-2008 Director View profile
  61. Hannah Margaret Essex 2004-2005 Director View profile
  62. Professor Janet Patricia Beer 2004-2009 Director View profile
  63. Philip Keith Burgess 2004-2005 Director View profile
  64. Professor Richard Hughes Trainor 2004-2007 Director View profile
  65. Professor George Gordon 2004-2005 Director View profile
  66. Dr Liz Elvidge 2004-2007 Director View profile
  67. Professor Leslie Wagner 2003-2007 Director View profile
  68. Professor Sir Robert George Burgess 2003-2014 Director View profile
  69. Professor Roger John Brown 2003-2005 Director View profile
  70. Jennifer Wilkins 2022-2023 Secretary View profile
  71. Hannah Cummings 2019-2020 Secretary View profile
  72. Hannah Louise Harris 2013-2019 Secretary View profile
  73. George Jennings 2013-2013 Secretary View profile
  74. Caroline Thomas 2010-2013 Secretary View profile
  75. Alison Kennell 2008-2010 Secretary View profile
  76. Michael Wilkinson 2007-2008 Secretary View profile
  77. Claire Marie Mortimer 2005-2007 Secretary View profile
  78. Jane Margaret Lacey Pither 2004-2010 Secretary View profile
  79. John Anthony Webster 2003-2004 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

11 contracts · £268,215 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • Advance HE Strategic Membership Renewal Buyer: University of Bedfordshire £117,588 2026-06-29 Source: Find a Tender

    Advance HE Strategic Membership Renewal-UoB This notice is linked to transparency notice: Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-060828 Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-06bf42

  • Hybrid Governance Effectiveness Review for Keele University Buyer: Keele University Leisure Centre £21,992 2026-04-06 CPV 79212110 Source: Contracts Finder

    The contract covers the delivery of a hybrid Governance Effectiveness Review for Keele University by Advance HE. The scope includes governance surveys, stakeholder interviews, committee and Council observations, selective document and evide…

  • HE Affiliate Membership Buyer: The Christie NHS Foundation Trust £11,047 2026-01-01 CPV 80000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Invoice SI004955Advance HE Affiliate Membership

  • Advance HE Strategic Membership Renewal Buyer: University of Bedfordshire £117,588 Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Advance HE Strategic Membership Renewal -UoB

  • Advance HE Membership - Year 3 of 3 Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Advance HE Membership - Year 3 out of 3

  • Advance HE Membership Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Advance HE Membership - Year 1

  • EPA's for 29 Apprentices Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    EPA payments to cover 29 apprentices

  • Advance HE Strategic Membership Renewal Buyer: University of Bedfordshire Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Advance HE Strategic Membership Renewal-UoB This notice is linked to contract award notice: Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-067554 Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-06cd7a

  • Sector AI Report Buyer: Office for Students Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Sector AI Report collaboration between Office for Students and Advance HE

  • Independent assessment services Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    End point assessment services for existing apprenticeship course.

  • Independent assessment services Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Apprenticeship end point assessment organisation for existing course.

About

What it does
Educational support services
Incorporated
14/10/2003
Registered office
York
Also a registered charity
Advance HE
Previous names
The Higher Education Academy (until 26/03/2018)

Grants received

4 grants · £225,926 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 · £225,926 (4 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Education £80,0002020-01-31
  • Department for Education £50,0002020-01-31
  • Department for Education £80,0002020-01-31
  • Department for Education £15,9262019-03-19
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

15 directors on the board

2.8y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (10)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Education 9Other services 3Professional services 3Arts and leisure 1Business services 1Hospitality 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
04931031
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
30/04/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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