The Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education

Analysis

The Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in April 2011, 15 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 04823842). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education reported income of £9.1m and spending of £8.1m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £6.2m to £9.1m (+48%), an average of +10% a year. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% 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 Newells School Trust Limited (£9.0m), Beechwood Park School Limited (£9.1m) and Mudiad Meithrin (£9.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and investments 2.6%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £4.4m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 106 people.