Advance He

Analysis

Advance He is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in January 2004, 22 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 04931031). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Advance He reported income of £17.6m and spending of £17.8m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £15.3m to £17.6m (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. 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, Advance He sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ratcliffe College (£17.4m), The Independent Educational Association Limited (£17.6m) and St Edmund's School Trust Limited (£17.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 2.1%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £5.0m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 182 people.