# AQA EDUCATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1073334
- **Other names:** ASSESSMENT & QUALIFICATIONS ALLIANCE, ASSESSMENT AND QUALIFICATIONS ALLIANCE, AQA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Jan. 15, 1999
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1073334


## Contact

- **Address:** DEVAS STREET, MANCHESTER
- **Postcode:** M15 6EX
- **Phone:** 0800 197 7162
- **Email:** GovernanceTeamAQA@aqa.org.uk
- **Website:** www.aqa.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, BY THE PREPARATION, VALIDATION, ACCREDITATION, CONDUCT AND ADMINISTRATION OF:A) EXAMINATIONS FOR THE AWARD OF GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION, GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION AND GENERAL NATIONAL VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATION OR SUCH OTHER CERTIFICATES AS MAY BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THEM; ANDB) ANY OTHER TESTS, EXAMINATIONS OR OTHER SYSTEMS OF ASSESSING AND RECORDING ACADEMIC OR OTHER ACHIEVEMENT

**Activities:** The purpose of AQA is to advance education for the benefit of the public.  It does this by setting, marking and awarding public examinations such as GCSEs and A levels; providing vocational and technical qualifications, apprenticeship courses and training needed for certain jobs; and delivering assessment services and technology to help others improve teaching, learning and assessment more widely.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £280125169 | £266419011 | £161622212 | 1798 |
| March 31, 2024 | £268802559 | £253386173 | £164600928 | 1844 |
| March 31, 2023 | £218419431 | £250514747 | £156196042 | 1674 |
| March 31, 2022 | £148023897 | £129916779 | £156168865 | 1382 |
| March 31, 2021 | £135845844 | £132973114 | £112341491 | 1281 |



## Trustees

- **David Laws** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 10, 2024
- Claire Louise Heald — appointed Oct. 1, 2025
- Colin Hughes — appointed Sept. 1, 2020
- Deirdre Mary O'Donoghue — appointed July 1, 2021
- Hilary Ann Ewing — appointed April 1, 2024
- Jennese Alozie — appointed Oct. 1, 2025
- Mana Abedi — appointed Oct. 7, 2025
- Mark Barry Lindon Allen — appointed Sept. 1, 2022
- Paula Smith — appointed Jan. 1, 2023
- Steven Robinson — appointed Oct. 7, 2025
- Thomas John Jackson — appointed May 1, 2024
- Thomas Joseph Hall — appointed Sept. 1, 2022