Publishing Qualifications Board

Analysis

Publishing Qualifications Board is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02607034). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Publishing Qualifications Board reported income of £71k and spending of £92k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £184k to £71k (-61%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Publishing Qualifications Board sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 3rd Hayling (Brotherhood Own) Scout Group (£71k), Great Shefford Under Fives (£71k) and European Youth Parliament United Kingdom (£71k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.