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Advance HE

SC043946Registered charity from 18 April 2013
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
Previous Charity The Higher Education Academy from 18-04-2013 to 21-05-2018
Charity Information:
Address IC 2.12 Innovation Centre
Innovation Way
York Science Park
York
Postcode YO10 5DG
Website https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/
Regulatory Type Cross-Border
Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Object:
The objects for which the Company is established are : (A) to promote higher education for the public benefit by: (1) providing strategic advice and co-ordination to the higher education sector, government, funding bodies and others on policies and practices that will impact upon and enhance the student experience; (2) supporting and advancing curriculum and pedagogic development across the whole spectrum of higher education activity; and (3) facilitating the professional development and increasing the professional standing of all staff in higher education; (B) to further promote higher education for the public benefit by further developing the professionalism and profile of leadership, management and governance within the higher education sector, by: (1) raising the profile of effective higher education leadership, management and governance; (2) improving the supply of development opportunities, particularly in relation to international and cross sector experience; (3) stimulating further demand for development within the higher education sector; and (4) assisting in broadening perspectives and improving standards in relation to leadership, management and governance within the higher education sector, (C) to promote equality and diversity for the public benefit, including the education sector and any other sectors that the Board deems appropriate, by: (1) identifying and changing any cultural and systemic practices that unfairly exclude, marginalise or disadvantage individuals or groups, and to promote inclusive approaches; (2) eliminating discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity status, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or through any combination of these characteristics or other unfair treatment; (3) advancing education and raising awareness in equality and diversity; (4) promoting activities to foster understanding between people from diverse backgrounds; (5) conducting or commissioning research on equality and diversity issues and publishing the results to the public; and (6) developing the case for equality and diversity.
Operations:
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Constitutional Form Date: 18 Apr 2013
Main Operating Location: Outwith Scotland
Number of Staff: 182
Number of Charity Trustees: 14
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the promotion of equality and diversity"
Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals", "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations", "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Jul 2021 £15,294,000 £13,724,000 04 Mar 2022 Yes
31 Jul 2022 £15,965,000 £27,054,000 06 Apr 2023 Yes
31 Jul 2023 £17,358,000 £16,826,000 08 Jan 2024 Yes
31 Jul 2024 £19,194,000 £10,001,000 03 Feb 2025 Yes
31 Jul 2025 £17,614,000 £17,813,000 09 Feb 2026 Yes Published accounts can be found on the Charity Commission website
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Randall Whittaker
David Sadler
Karen O'Brien
Parveen Yaqoob
Stephen Decent
Elwen Evans
Paul Woodgates
Samuel Grogan
Janet Legrand KC (Hon)
Susan Rigby
Annette Hay
Alexandra Owen
Joanna Newman
David Mba
Mark Smith
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