Association of Higher Education Professionals

Registered charity 1179422 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q4810104 · Wikipedia · also known as ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS

The Object of the Association is to advance and assist in the advancement of education by fostering sound methods of leadership, management and administration in further and higher education by education, training, and other means.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE ASSOCIATION IS TO ADVANCE AND ASSIST IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY FOSTERING SOUND METHODS OF LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION IN FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION BY EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND OTHER MEANS.

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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Registered contact address: Manchester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with negative unrestricted reserves of £37,765, a significant decline from the previous year's surplus. Per the trustees' report, this deficit resulted from strategic investments and a sharp contraction in sector income, though the charity maintains healthy cash balances and liquidity. The trustees confirm the entity remains a going concern with a recovery plan focused on restoring reserves through renewed income growth.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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 (78% 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: 15.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/01/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rachel Catherine Hill-Kellychair
• Dr Thea Gibbs
• Emily Elizabeth Maddock Khan
• James Peter Irving
• Jonathan Dempsey
• Josh Gulrajani
• Lucy Jane Hayward
• Michael Mercer
• Nikki Pierce
• Ruth Coomber
• Valerie Williams Foy

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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• THE ASSOCIATION OF CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS income £161k
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• PSHE ASSOCIATION income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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