Common questions about Advance He's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Advance He a good charity? +
Advance He scores 77 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 100% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is Advance He a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Advance He as a registered charity (charity number 1101607). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1101607&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is Advance He's charity number? +
Advance He's charity number is 1101607. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Advance He's charity rating? +
Advance He scores 77 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does Advance He have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Advance He. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Advance He? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 100% of Advance He's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are Advance He's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 0% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 0% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Advance He. Advance He's annual return for the year ending 31 July 2025 reports 48 employees paid more than £60,000, including 2 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £140,001–£150,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does Advance He receive? +
Advance He reported £18m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are Advance He's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-04-09). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Advance He based? +
Advance He's registered contact address is in York (YO10 5BR). It tells the regulator it operates in Bahrain, China, India, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, with a focus on education.
How much is Advance He's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Advance He's annual return for the year ending 31 July 2025 reports 48 employees paid more than £60,000, including 2 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £140,001–£150,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Advance He's money come from? +
Advance He reported £18m total income for the year ending 31 July 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £17m (98%), investments £374k (2%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Advance He? +
The register does not record Advance He as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are Advance He's trustees paid? +
Advance He's annual return for the year ending 31 July 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Advance He previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for Advance He: The Higher Education Academy.
When was Advance He registered as a charity? +
Advance He was entered on the register on 19 January 2004. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 04931031).
How does CharityCompare score Advance He? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Advance He's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Advance He's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.