LONDON HIGHER

Registered charity 1114873 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

London Higher is the place where universities and higher education colleges come together to identify the opportunities and address the challenges of working in London.We are a not-for-profit charity and company limited by guarantee established in 1999 by over forty higher education providers. We run four core collaborative programmes, each with its own stream of research and advocacy activities.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased by 9% to £1,231,903, while total expenditure fell by 5% to £1,221,587, resulting in a small net surplus of £10,316. Free reserves stood at £811,611, which the trustees note exceeds their policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern with no material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by PEM Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £100,001 - £110,000 (FY2024) to £60,001 - £70,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05731255

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.

• SANDERS, Julie Christina, Professor — director, appointed 01/08/2026on trustee list
• WHITTAKER, Randall Shanley, Professor — director, appointed 01/08/2025on trustee list
• HALL, Julie Lorraine, Professor — director, appointed 01/08/2025on trustee list
• KAPUR, Shitij, Professor — director, appointed 01/08/2025on trustee list
• JONES, Andrew Malcolm, Professor — director, appointed 01/08/2023on trustee list
• EZINGEARD, Jean-Noël Christian Francois, Professor — director, appointed 01/08/2023not on trustee list
• BONFIELD, Peter William, Professor — director, appointed 01/08/2019on trustee list
• BOWNE, Anthony Doran, Prof — director, appointed 23/06/2009on trustee list
• ADLINGTON, Gemma Michelle — secretary, appointed 11/10/2024

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~8.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Doctor Peter William Bonfield
• Jean-Noel Ezingeard · trustee of 2 other charities
• PROFESSOR ANTHONY BOWNE · trustee of 5 other charities
• Professor Andrew Jones
• Professor Julie Christina Sanders
• Professor Julie Lorraine Hall
• Professor Randall Shanley Whittaker
• Professor Shitij Kapur

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Common questions

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REACHING HIGHER.

• REACHING HIGHER income £1.2m
• LONDON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS STUDIES income £1.9m
• HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY INSTITUTE income £842k
• AIMING HIGH LONDON income £130k
• LHA LONDON LTD income £19.8m
• THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO FOUNDATION LIMITED income £6.1m

Side by side with its peers

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