ADVANCE HE
Registered charity 1101607 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY · also registered in Scotland as SC043946 (OSCR)
Advance HE's purpose is to advance the professional practice of higher education to improve outcomes for the benefit of students, staff and society. Advance HE has been created to be ?of and for the sector? and is jointly owned by GuildHE and Universities UK.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £193k for the year ended 31 July 2025, funded by drawing down reserves. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £4,983k, which the charity considers to be in accordance with its reserves policy target of three months of operational expenditure.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of operational expenditure (held: £5.0m)
“Advance HE’s reserves policy has a target level of total unrestricted reserves of 3 months of operational expenditure” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (17/09/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (25/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Australia · Bahrain · China · India · Ireland · Kazakhstan · Luxembourg · New Zealand · Saudi Arabia
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ADVANCE HE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £193k for the year ended 31 July 2025, funded by drawing down reserves. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £4,983k, which the charity considers to be in accordance with its reserves policy target of three months of operational expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited.
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