HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY INSTITUTE

Registered charity 1099645 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEPI

Our aim is to ensure as far as possible that higher education policy development in the UK is informed by research and by knowledge of the experience of others.

Objects

TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO AND UNDERSTANDING OF ALL ASPECTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE EDUCATION AND BENEFIT OF POLICY MAKERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE UNITED KINGDOM PROVIDED THAT THE INCOME AND PROPERTY OF THE INSTITUTE SHALL NOT BE APPLIED DIRECTLY IN THE RELIEF OF RATES, TAXES OR OTHER PUBLIC FUNDS, BUT MAY BE APPLIED IN SUPPLEMENTARY RELIEF OR ASSISTANCE THEREOF.

Area of benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,050,042, which the trustees confirm covers more than 12 months' expenditure. The charity reports a secure financial position with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operating, despite facing rising costs and sector-wide uncertainty.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04503712

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HUSBANDS, Christopher Roy, Sir — director, appointed 21/09/2024on trustee list
• PEARCE, Nicholas Robin, Professor — director, appointed 21/09/2024on trustee list
• GOODFELLOW, Julia Mary, Professor Dame — director, appointed 01/10/2021on trustee list
• MAPSTONE, Sally Louise, Professor — director, appointed 23/06/2021on trustee list
• CURNOCK COOK, Mary Elizabeth — director, appointed 01/06/2020not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mary Elizabeth Curnock Cook CBE
• Professor Dame Julia Goodfellow
• Professor Nicholas Robin Pearce · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Sally Mapstone
• Professor Sir Christopher Roy Husbands · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO FOUNDATION LIMITED.

• THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO FOUNDATION LIMITED income £6.1m
• MECHANICS FOR AFRICA income £171k
• BRITISH EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION income £2.0m
• National Centre For Universities and Business income £2.9m
• UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES INFORMATION SYSTEMS ASSOCIATION income £2.4m
• THE CENTRE FOR TRANSFORMING ACCESS AND STUDENT OUTCOMES IN HIGHER EDUCATION income £1.8m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.