01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC037786
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Cross Border
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 126
- Postcode
- GL1 1UB
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- Other defined groups
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
OBJECTS The Company's objects ('Objects') are specifically restricted to the following: (i) the promotion and maintenance of quality and standards in tertiary education in the UK and elsewhere. (ii) the enhancement of teaching and learning, and the identification and promotion of innovation and good practice in teaching and learning. (iii) the provision of information and the publication of reports on quality and standards in tertiary education in the UK and elsewhere. and (iv) the provision of advice to governments, as requested, on access course recognition and in relation to all or any of the above objects
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2025 | £10,061,872 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £10,636,620 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 126 | 24 April 2026 |
| 31 July 2024 | £8,767,372 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £5,834,645 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 126 | 17 March 2025 |
| 31 July 2023 | £10,110,143 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £9,470,208 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 126 | 1 February 2024 |
| 31 July 2022 | £9,788,285 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £11,706,199 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 126 | 8 March 2023 |
| 31 July 2021 | £8,299,644 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £8,282,505 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 126 | 11 March 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- Southgate House, Southgate Street, Gloucester
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.qaa.ac.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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