AQA EDUCATION
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
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.
Latest income
£280m
Expenditure
£266m
Financial year end
2025-03-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £136m | £133m | |
| 2022-03-31 | £148m | £130m | |
| 2023-03-31 | £218m | £251m | |
| 2024-03-31 | £269m | £253m | |
| 2025-03-31 | £280m | £266m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2025-03-31 · consolidated (group) figures
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £0 |
| Charitable activities | £265m |
| Trading | £7.8m |
| Investment income | £7.7m |
| Total income | £280m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £258m |
| Raising funds | £39k |
| Grants to institutions | £0 |
| Governance | £0 |
| Total expenditure | £266m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £162m |
| Total funds | £162m |
| — restricted | £0 |
| — unrestricted | £162m |
| — endowment | £0 |
| Total assets | £162m |
| Cash | £101m |
People
| Employees | 1,798 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- Education/training
Who it helps
- Children/young People
- Other Defined Groups
How it works
- Provides Services
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.