Higher Education Provider Data: Finance
Finance data for 21 HE providers was not finalised by the cut-off date for publication and are not yet included in the 2021/22 finance open data. Data for these providers will be included in a future update to this release
Some HE providers saw significant cost adjustments since 2018/19 relating to accounting for the value of pension schemes. This is not a typical annual operating expense for these providers and therefore caution is required when analysing the underlying annual financial operating performance from 2018/19.
We now publish additional versions of relevant KFIs with pension cost adjustments applied to enable users to understand the impact of this accounting change.
HE Provider Data: Finance: Frequently asked questions
The areas above guide you through the information we collect, and we have also published a complete list of our tables. The table below identifies the charts and tables that answer some of the most common questions about HE finances. Use the drop-down filter to select the topic that most interests you, or the search box to display more specific questions (such as searching for 'research', or 'fees').
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| Question | Table/chart | Published by | Theme | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What was the income of HE providers? | Table 1: Consolidated statement of comprehensive income and expenditure | HESA | Income & expenditure | income; earn; expenditure; spend; surplus; deficit; money; summary |
| What assets and liabilities did HE providers hold on 31 July? | Table 3: Consolidated balance sheet | HESA | Statements | assets; liabilities; investments; loans; loan; borrow; debt; borrowing; balance; sheet; pension |
| What restricted funds were held by HE providers in Scotland? | Table 3S: Breakdown of cash and cash equivalents as at 31 July - Scotland | HESA | Statements | restricted; fund; funds; scotland; scottish; cash; equivalents |
| What was the cash flow of HE providers? | Table 4: Consolidated statement of cash flows | HESA | Statements | cash; flow; non-cash; investment; pension; |
| What was the research income of HE providers? | Table 5: Research grants and contracts - breakdown by source of income and HESA cost centre | HESA | Income & expenditure | income; research; grants; grant; contracts; academic; department; discipline; funding; UKRI; council; councils; charity; charities; government; eu; european; europe; |
| What was the tuition fee income of HE providers? | Table 6: Tuition fees and education contracts analysed by domicile, mode, level and source | HESA | Income & expenditure | tuition; fee; fees; undergraduate; postgraduate; home; students; eu; european; europe; non-eu; international; course; |
| What were the income sources of HE providers? | Table 7: Income analysed by source | HESA | Income & expenditure | government; funding; grants; grant; fees; tuition; research; income; earn; donations; endowments; donation; endowment; source; sources; summary |
| What funding body grants did HE providers receive? | Table 7C: Funding body grants | HESA | Income & expenditure | government; funding; body; hefcw; teaching; sfc; recurrent; grants; grant; income; earn; source; sources; summary |
| How did HE providers spend their money? | Table 8: Expenditure - breakdown by activity and HESA cost centre | HESA | Income & expenditure | expenditure; spend; staff; costs; cost; department; departments; academic; premises; residences; catering; research; pension |
| How much did HE providers spend on buildings and equipment? | Table 9: Capital expenditure | HESA | Statements | capital; building; buildings; equipment; residences; residence; halls; equipment; expenditure; spend |
| What other items did they publish in their accounts? | Table 10: Separately disclosed material items from the audited financial statement of comprehensive income and expenditure | HESA | Income & expenditure | other; items; separate; separately; else; |
| How much are vice chancellors and other heads of HE providers paid? | Table 11: Head of provider remuneration | HESA | Staff pay | vice; chancellor; salary; salaries; paid; head; chief; executive; boss; remuneration; pay; vc; vcs |
| How many staff are paid over £100,000 p.a? | Table 12: Analysis of staff costs | HESA | Staff pay | salary; salaries; paid; remuneration; pay; highly; pension; staff; costsf; executive; management; |
| How much do HE providers spend on severance payments? | Table 13: Severance payments | HESA | Staff pay | compensation; severance; pay; off; loss; office; |
| What are the Key Finance Indicators for HE providers? | Table 14: Key Financial Indicators | HESA | KFI | key; financial; indicator; indicators; ratio; ratios; days; surplus; deficit; borrowing; reserves; liquidity; assets; liabilities; staff; costs; cash; |
| How much did English HE providers invest in access and participation? | Table 15: Access and participation investment | HESA | Access & participation | access; participation; investment; OfS; England |