The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) was established in 1993 by the UK higher education institutions as the central source for the collection and publication of higher education statistics in the United Kingdom. HESA is a company limited by guarantee - a not-for-profit organisation which also has charitable status.
HESA is based in Cheltenham in offices on the Promenade. The Chief Executive is Professor Robin Sibson, former vice-chancellor of the University of Kent.