Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 2

Liabilities <10%: +3
Good reserves management: +3
Volatile income: -3

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 6

LONDON HIGHER

London Higher is the place where universities and higher education colleges come together to identify the opportunities and address the challenges of working in London.We are a not-for-profit charity and company limited by guarantee established in 1999 by over forty higher education providers. We run four core collaborative programmes, each with its own stream of research and advocacy activities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/07/23	£1,085	£1,062	£23	£0	£757	£731	8.3	15
31/07/22	£1,023	£1,029	£-6	£0	£734	£706	8.2	16
31/07/21	£1,333	£1,340	£-7	£0	£740	£691	6.2	19
31/07/20	£1,580	£1,565	£14	£0	£804	£679	5.2	19
31/07/19	£1,416	£1,330	£86	£0	£790	£789	7.1	21
31/07/18	£1,436	£1,415	£21	£0	£704	£682	5.8	24
31/07/17	£1,489	£1,354	£135	£0	£683	£358	3.2	21
31/07/16	£1,288	£1,132	£156	£0	£548	£314	3.3	19
31/07/15	£1,086	£918	£167	£9	£392	£158	2.1	11
31/07/14?	£1,061	£1,285	£-225	£21	£225	£74	0.7	11
31/03/13	£1,175	£1,448	£-272	£13	£449	£187	1.5	14
31/03/12	£1,752	£1,918	£-166	£11	£722	£321	2	15
31/03/11	£1,445	£1,731	£-286	£16	£887	£384	2.7	15
31/03/10	£2,704	£1,530	£1,173	£52	£1,173	£422	3.3	11
31/03/09?	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/08	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/07	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 8.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 13.7

Asset Split ?

Established: 18 years

www.londonhigher.ac.uk

enquiry@londonhigher.ac.uk

0207 419 5650

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Colleges and universities

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

15 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	12/11/2021	Home-Start Family Group & Family Support

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 53-70

ANDREW COOK Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Vice Chancellor - Ravensbourne University London

PROFESSOR DAVID ANDREW PHOENIX Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Vice-Chancellor And Ceo

PROFESSOR JENNIFER MARY HIGHAM Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Principal, St George'S University Of London

DOCTOR PETER WILLIAM BONFIELD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Vice-Chancellor

FRANCES CORNER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Warden, Other trusteeship: MAUDSLEY CHARITY,

PROFESSOR DAVID SEYMOUR LATCHMAN Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeships: THE LATCHMAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, EDUCATING FOR IMPACT,

PROFESSOR AMANDA J BRODERICK Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Vice-Chancellor And President, Other trusteeship: ASSOCIATION OF COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITIES,

PROFESSOR PETER NICHOLAS HUGH BEECH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Vice-Chancellor

PROFESSOR WENDY THOMSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: University Vice-Chancellor

PROFESSOR ANTHONY BOWNE, Occupation: College Principal, Other trusteeships: THE BLACKHEATH HALLS, TRINITY LABAN CONSERVATOIRE OF MUSIC AND DANCE, BONNIE BIRD CHOREOGRAPHY FUND, LABAN LIMITED, CONSERVATOIRES UK,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/06/2006, number: 1114873
Registered at Companies House on 06/03/2006, number: 05731255

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

17 returns made; all on time

Main office

Woburn House
20 Tavistock Square
LONDON
WC1H 9HQ

Objectives

1. TO PROMOTE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY HIGHER AND FURTHER EDUCATION IN THE LONDON REGION; AND2. TO UNDERTAKE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM APPROPRIATE FROM TIME TO TIME

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON

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