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Company description
THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)”. Incorporated on 27 March 1997; registered for 29 years; registered office reported in GLOUCESTER, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Its primary declared activity is 85421 · First-degree level higher education, with 3 additional SIC activities reported.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 2 PSC records, 17 trade marks, 1 charity record, 6 procurement records. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
- Company number
- 03344784
- Company type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 0 total · 0 outstanding · 0 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 July 2025Next accounts due
30 April 2027Last statement made up to
21 January 2026Next statement due
4 February 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 1.3%
- Mean bonus gap
- 42.1%
- Women receiving bonus
- 55.6%
- Men receiving bonus
- 47.9%
- Women in top quartile
- 55.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 51.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 65.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 81.0%
Earlier reporting years (1)
- 250 to 49910.9% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
QAA Institutional Membership for period 1st August 2024 to 31 July 2025
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-dd6aed26-c683-46ef-aa3a-f703a8ae973a
- Supplier named in award
- THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
- Award value
- £28,022
- Contract period
- 30 June 2024 – 31 July 2025
- Published
- 24 September 2024
- Procedure
- Other - Sale by SSA
- Main CPV
- 98100000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-dd6aed26-c683-46ef-aa3a-f703a8ae973a-2024-09-24T10:49:18+01:00
Provision of Education Quality Assurance Services
Nursing And Midwifery Council · ocds-b5fd17-c39107a8-3fc1-4e23-b236-303c8e550d3f
- Supplier named in award
- The Quality Assurance Agency
- Award value
- £7,170,000
- Contract period
- 1 September 2024 – 31 August 2027
- Published
- 25 November 2025
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 80000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-c39107a8-3fc1-4e23-b236-303c8e550d3f-2025-11-25T14:15:04Z
HE Subscriptions
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE) · ocds-b5fd17-8ba7d3f9-ae6d-4f59-85a7-8eb4c611794d
- Supplier named in award
- QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
- Award value
- £25,150
- Contract period
- 13 December 2019 – 15 December 2019
- Published
- 15 May 2020
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79980000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-8ba7d3f9-ae6d-4f59-85a7-8eb4c611794d-2020-05-15T13:28:06+01:00
HE Subscriptions
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE) · ocds-b5fd17-b7c20a42-2a1c-4722-bb7a-de45032bb74e
- Supplier named in award
- QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
- Award value
- £25,150
- Contract period
- 28 October 2019 – 30 October 2019
- Published
- 15 May 2020
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79980000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-b7c20a42-2a1c-4722-bb7a-de45032bb74e-2020-05-15T13:26:21+01:00
QAA Annual Subscription
University Of The West Of England · ocds-b5fd17-999bd4a9-fa66-4e38-bef3-abc8de0fa170
- Supplier named in award
- THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
- Award value
- £36,000
- Contract period
- 1 August 2018 – 31 July 2019
- Published
- 21 August 2018
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79980000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-999bd4a9-fa66-4e38-bef3-abc8de0fa170-2018-08-21T14:53:04+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
QAA Global
Owner The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education · classes 9,16,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 16 August 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 August 2026
QAA Global International Quality Review Reviewed 01/2016 (valid until 01/2018)
Owner The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education · classes 9,16,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 16 August 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 August 2026
QAA Scotland
Owner The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education · classes 9,16,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 3 March 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 March 2026
QAA Scotland UK Quality Assured
Owner The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education · classes 9,16,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 3 March 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 March 2026
QAA Cymru
Owner The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education · classes 9,16,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 1 March 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 March 2026
Adolygwyd gan ASA QAA Reviewed Asiantaeth Sicrhau Ansawdd Addysg Uwch Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
Owner The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education · classes 9,16,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 1 March 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 March 2026
QAA Cymru UK Quality Assured Sicrwydd Ansawdd y DU
Owner The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education · classes 9,16,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 1 March 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 March 2026
QAA
Owner The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education · classes 9,16,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 23 February 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 February 2026
QAA UK Quality Assured
Owner The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education · classes 9,16,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 23 February 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 February 2026
QAA Reviewed Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
Owner The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education · classes 9,16,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 23 February 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 February 2026
QAA
Owner The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education · classes 9,16,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 19 April 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 April 2026
Q
Owner The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education · classes 9,16,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 24 February 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 24 February 2026
ACCESS TO HE
Owner The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education · classes 9,16,41
- Filed / designated
- 15 November 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 November 2025
ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Owner The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education · classes 9,16,41
- Filed / designated
- 15 November 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 November 2025
Access to Higher Education
Owner The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education · classes 9,16,41
- Filed / designated
- 1 October 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 October 2025
Access Recognised by The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
Owner The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education · classes 9,16,41
- Filed / designated
- 1 October 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 October 2025
Q
Owner The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education · classes 9,16,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 3 March 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 March 2010
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
05 Ownership and control
People with significant control
No individual or entity with signficant control
- Notified
- 10 April 2017
Universities Uk
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Country registered
- England & Wales
- Legal authority
- Company Law
- Legal form
- Company Limited By Gurantee
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 02517018
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 10 April 2017
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
06 Charity register
Charity Commission links
THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 9 June 1997
- Latest income
- £10,061,872
- Latest expenditure
- £10,636,620
- Education/training
- The General Public/mankind
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Services
- Children/young People
A range of activities to secure HE standards & quality: reviews & audits of standards & quality in HE providers; published reports & intelligence arising from those reviews & audits; maintenance of the UK Quality Code, subject benchmarks and qualifications frameworks; advice on degree awarding powers & university title, Access to HE & support for HEIs in relation to international developments.
Source details and official record →This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
07 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
08 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
09 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
10 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
11 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Post-graduate level higher education
Other education n.e.c.
Educational support services
12 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
1 exact company-number link.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
1 procurement process linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
13 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
14 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.