British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education

Analysis

British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1984, 42 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 01828990). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education reported income of £782k and spending of £836k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £610k to £782k (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education 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 Keele Postgraduate Association (£780k), Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys School Fund (£782k) and Fellowship House Children's Centre (£777k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.

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.