THE OFFICE OF THE INDEPENDENT ADJUDICATOR FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-21 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
+32.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
+36% vs 2023
Employees
101
+1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£881K
+501.3% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,232,600 | £8,255,722 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £146,498 | £880,949 | |
| Net profit | £146,498 | £880,949 | |
| Cash | £6,429,532 | £8,541,084 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,474,303 | £3,530,818 | |
| Net assets | £2,449,869 | £3,330,818 | |
| Equity | £2,449,869 | £3,330,818 | |
| Average employees | 100 | 101 | |
| Wages | £4,472,555 | £4,765,396 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 2.0% | 10.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 64.9% | 62.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.47x | 1.61x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- UHY Ross Brooke
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Charity remains confident that financial resources are sufficient to ensure the ability to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future, being at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “successfully agreed and adopted our new Articles of Association and governance arrangements this year and these came into effect on 29 October 2024.”
- “undertook a strategic review which has resulted in a revised strategy for 2025 and updated strategic priorities.”
- “In September 2024, the Board acting on delegated authority from the Annual General meeting appointed UHY Ross Brooke as the OIA's auditors for an initial period of three years (to cover the audits of 2024, 2025 and 2026)”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 86 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WADDINGHAM, Adam Richard | Secretary | 2026-03-01 | — | — |
| CHANDLER, Andrew Frank | Director | 2018-04-01 | Dec 1971 | British |
| FINLAY, Wendy Victoria, Dr | Director | 2017-04-01 | Aug 1977 | British |
| FLINT, Nicola Ruth | Director | 2023-07-01 | Feb 1962 | British |
| KHAN, Osama Shafique Minhaz, Professor | Director | 2025-05-01 | Nov 1975 | British |
| KIRKE, Martin Stephen | Director | 2019-07-01 | Jul 1956 | British |
| KYNASTON, Philip | Director | 2026-03-17 | May 1980 | British |
| LANGFORD, Rachael Elizabeth, Professor | Director | 2025-05-01 | May 1969 | British |
| MAMPUTU, Jesy | Director | 2026-03-17 | May 2000 | British |
| REES, Jonathan Nigel | Director | 2018-03-01 | Sep 1955 | British |
| SCAVAZZA, Simongnette Maria Theresa | Director | 2023-10-01 | Jan 1966 | British |
| STANLEY, Alexander Isaac | Director | 2024-07-01 | Aug 2002 | British |
| TAYLOR, Gwawr, Dr | Director | 2025-05-01 | Jan 1988 | Welsh |
| WAREING, Alison Shan, Professor | Director | 2025-05-01 | Mar 1966 | British |
Show 86 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON-EVANS, David | Secretary | 2003-07-07 | 2006-04-30 |
| ELGER, Benjamin Paul | Secretary | 2008-09-10 | 2017-11-29 |
| LIDDELL, Sarah Louise | Secretary | 2017-11-30 | 2024-08-16 |
| MILLER, Michael Alan | Secretary | 2006-05-01 | 2008-09-09 |
| ADEBISI, Adesewa Ifeoluwa | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2026-02-01 |
| ALDOUS, Pauline | Director | 2007-05-11 | 2011-07-11 |
| ALI, Usman | Director | 2010-06-24 | 2012-07-01 |
| ANWYL, Peter | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2010-04-01 |
| BOLS, Alexander Thomas George, Dr | Director | 2007-11-27 | 2012-06-15 |
| BURSEY, Jonathan Andrew | Director | 2003-07-07 | 2004-09-09 |
| BURTON, Raymond Noel | Director | 2007-04-20 | 2009-05-01 |
| CALLAWAY, William David | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| CASELLA, Louise Caroline | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2004-09-09 |
| CHIPPERFIELD, Geoffrey, Sir | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2005-06-01 |
| COLLINS, Emily Julie | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2012-11-13 |
| COPLAND, Geoffrey Malcolm, Dr | Director | 2003-07-07 | 2007-07-31 |
| DENTON, Stephen John | Director | 2011-10-03 | 2014-12-31 |
| DENTON, Stephen John | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2011-08-31 |
| DHUMMA, Natasha Bal | Director | 2020-09-21 | 2022-12-31 |
| DOKU, Amatey Victor | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2019-06-30 |
| DONNELLY, Geoffrey Alan | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| DOYLE, Margaret | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2011-11-01 |
| DUDAS, Bethan | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2017-06-30 |
| DUNN, Megan Eileen | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2015-06-30 |
| EADIE, Christopher James | Director | 2005-03-10 | 2007-12-14 |
| ELLIOTT, Geoffrey Clifford, Professor | Director | 2013-01-08 | 2020-08-31 |
| EMERTON, Mark Simon | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2010-08-31 |
| ESSEX, Hannah Margaret | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2005-09-01 |
| FAULKNER, Malcolm George | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2007-04-20 |
| FAULKNER, Malcolm George | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2004-09-09 |
| FIELD, Chloe | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| FITT, Alistair David, Professor | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| FLEMING, Gillian Mary | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2021-09-30 |
| FORBES, Peter Hutchinson | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2020-03-01 |
| GIDOOMAL, Balram | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2016-09-30 |
| GILLIES, Malcolm George William | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2009-07-30 |
| GOWAR, Norman William, Professor | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2009-07-01 |
| GRAYSON, Anatol Gregory | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2004-09-09 |
| GYEBI-ABABIO, Hillary | Director | 2020-07-15 | 2022-06-30 |
| HALL, David Edward | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2023-06-30 |
| HASLAM, Carey Nicola Courtenay | Director | 2010-08-31 | 2019-06-30 |
| HERMITAGE, Peter Andrew | Director | 2010-08-13 | 2014-06-30 |
| HOLMES, Sophie Marie | Director | 2005-03-10 | 2010-03-31 |
| HOLMES, Sophie Marie | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2004-09-09 |
| HUMPHRISS, Mark George Walter | Director | 2011-10-18 | 2019-06-30 |
| LAYZELL, Paul John, Professor | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2022-07-31 |
| LEATHER, Suzi Catherine, Dame | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2023-09-30 |
| LEWIS, David Gareth | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2009-07-01 |
| LEWIS, Erica Ruth Estelle, Dr | Director | 2012-12-07 | 2016-12-31 |
| LIGHT, Paul Henry, Professor | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2005-09-01 |
| LINDOP, Gareth | Director | 2018-02-01 | 2018-10-25 |
| LOWRY, Victoria Amanda | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2018-01-19 |
| MACK, Andrew Lawrence | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2023-06-30 |
| MALCOLM, David Gordon | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2020-08-28 |
| MCVITTY, Debbie, Dr | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2014-06-30 |
| MERRIFIELD, Margaret Haf | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2014-04-30 |
| MUNDY, Kevin, Dr | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| NICHOLDS, Julian Robert | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2006-06-30 |
| OPACIC, Sofija, Dr | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2007-07-05 |
| PENLINGTON, Maxine | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2009-07-01 |
| PORTER, Aaron Ross | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2010-06-24 |
| PRICE, Terence David | Director | 2008-06-01 | 2014-06-30 |
| PURKIS, Andrew James | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| RAFTERY, John James, Professor | Director | 2010-11-01 | 2016-10-31 |
| RENYARD, Jonathan Holmwood | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| ROBERTS, Alan | Director | 2018-12-01 | 2019-04-30 |
| SHARE, Jennifer Elizabeth | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2012-11-13 |
| SMITH, Claire Margaret Sosienski | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2020-06-30 |
| SMITH, Hugh Turnbull Bradbridge | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2010-08-31 |
| SMITH, Murdo Alasdair Macdonald | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2004-09-09 |
| SOMERFIELD, Heather Catharine | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2009-02-25 |
| STREETING, Wesley Paul William | Director | 2006-07-01 | 2008-06-30 |
| TARN, Orla Jean, Mx | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2024-05-21 |
| THOMAS, Martyn Charles, Professor | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| THORNE, Michael Philip, Professor | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| TURNER, Christopher Ben, Dr | Director | 2007-01-17 | 2015-06-30 |
| VIERU, Sorana-Iuliana | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2017-06-30 |
| WALFORD, Diana Marion, Dr | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2020-09-08 |
| WALFORD, Simon, Dr | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2019-03-01 |
| WALTERS, Richard David Glyn | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| WAREING, Alison Shân, Professor | Director | 2014-11-01 | 2015-05-08 |
| WEAVERS, Christopher David | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2004-07-01 |
| WEIR, Claire | Director | 2010-08-31 | 2017-03-31 |
| WELLS, Cecilia Emily, Dr | Director | 2005-03-10 | 2011-03-31 |
| WENSTONE, Rachel Francine | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2014-06-30 |
| WILBY, Colin | Director | 2008-06-01 | 2014-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 305 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-21 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-14 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-14 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-08-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 7
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+14.1%
£7,232,600 £8,255,722
-
Cash
+32.8%
£6,429,532 £8,541,084
-
Net assets
+36%
£2,449,869 £3,330,818
-
Employees
+1%
100 101
-
Profit before tax
+501.3%
£146,498 £880,949
-
Wages
+6.5%
£4,472,555 £4,765,396
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers