Higher Education Policy Institute

Analysis

Higher Education Policy Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in September 2003, 23 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 04503712). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Higher Education Policy Institute reported income of £842k and spending of £746k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £554k to £842k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Higher Education Policy Institute sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chadsgrove Educational Trust (£841k), Margaret McMillan Limited (£843k) and Youth Focus North West Ltd (£841k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.0%. It employed 7 people.