OpenCharities

The Office Of The Independent Adjudicator For Higher Education

Oia/ Oiahe

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1141289
Status
Registered
Registered
April 11, 2011
Legal form
Charitable company
Company number
04823842

Address

Address
Office of the Independent Adjudicat
Apex Plaza
Forbury Road
Reading
RG1 1AX

Activities

Provides independent (free) review scheme for HE students in England/Wales. Deals with complaints from individual students after exhaustion of internal procedures of the HE provider. Where complaints found justified, recommendations for remedy are made and compliance monitored. Also publishes good practice guidance and runs not for profit learning events for HE providers and students' unions.

Objects: To advance education for public benefit through the independent review of student complaints in England and Wales and by using learning from complaints to help improve policies and practices.

Classification

How
Provides Services
What
Education/training
Who
Other Defined Groups

Geography

Area of benefit
England And Wales
Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
Dec. 31, 2025 £9,134,724 £8,062,317 £4,403,225 106
Dec. 31, 2024 £8,443,978 £7,563,029 £3,330,818 101
Dec. 31, 2023 £7,345,462 £7,198,964 £2,449,869 100
Dec. 31, 2022 £6,621,295 £6,569,155 £-2,483,595 99
Dec. 31, 2021 £6,151,764 £8,779,968 £-2,535,735 98
Dec. 31, 2020 £5,881,182 £5,657,374 £92,469 90

Trustees

Name Appointed
Simongnette Scavazza (Chair) Oct. 1, 2023
Alexander Isaac Stanley July 1, 2024
Dr Gwawr Taylor May 1, 2025
Jesy Mamputu March 1, 2026
Jonathan Nigel Rees March 1, 2018
Martin Stephen Kirke July 1, 2019
Nicola Ruth Flint July 1, 2023
Philip Kynaston March 1, 2026
Professor Alison Shan Wareing May 1, 2025
Professor Rachael Elizabeth Langford May 1, 2025
Stephen McAuliffe May 1, 2026