Charitable status
The University of Manchester's status as an exempt charity is derived from the Charities Act 1993. We are responsible to HEFCE, which is charged, as our principal regulator, with monitoring our compliance with charity law obligations.
The University is aware of its responsibilities as a charity to act for the public benefit and has had due regard to the Charity Commission’s public benefit guidance. The objects of the University, as set out in the Royal Charter awarded in 2004, are “to advance education, knowledge and wisdom by research, scholarship, learning and teaching, for the benefit of individuals and society at large".
- Download the University’s statement on public benefit (extracted from the financial statements for the year ended 31 July 2012) (PDF document, 121 KB)
Corporate documents
Download the University Charter (PDF document, 21 KB) or visit our corporate documents page to download our full financial statements, up to and including the year ended 31 July 2012.
Trustees of the University
The trustees of the University as at 1 February 2013 are as follows:
- Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, FRS, FMedSci, President and Vice-Chancellor
- Mr Nick Pringle, General Secretary of the Students’ Union
- Mr Anil Ruia, OBE, JP, DL, LLB, ACA Chair of the Board of Governors
- Mr Robert E Hough, DL, Deputy Chair of the Board of Governors
- Mr Michael Crick, BA
- Mr Stephen Dauncey, BSc, FCCA
- Dame Susan Ion, OBE, BSc, PhD, Feng, FIMMM, FINucE
- Councillor Mohammed Afzal Khan, CBE
- Mr Paul Lee, DL, MA, LLM
- Mrs Christine Lee-Jones, DL, MA
- Dr Keith Lloyd, Bcom, PhD
- Mr Neville Richardson, BA, FCA
- Dr Brenda Smith, BA, MBA, Dlitt, ACA
- Mr Andrew Spinoza, BA, MCIPR
- Dr John Stageman, OBE, PhD
- Mr Gerry Yeung, OBE, BSc
- Professor Colette Fagan, PhD
- Professor Maggie Gale, MA, PhD
- Professor Andrew Gibson, Meng, PhD, DSc, FIET, SMIEEE, C.Eng
- Dr Reinmar Hager, MSc, PhDProfessor Chris Taylor, FREng, OBE, BSc, PhD
- Professor Chris Taylor, FREng, OBE, BSc, PhD
- Dr Caroline Jay, BSc, PhD
- Professor Pamela Vallely, BSc, PhD
- Mr Edward Mark Glass
- Dr Andrew Walsh, BA, PGCE, MA, PhD
The following members of the Board of Governors have declared trusteeships as follows:
| Name | Trusteeships |
|---|---|
| Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, President and Vice-Chancellor | Member, Manchester International Festival Board |
| Professor Rod Coombs, Deputy President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor | Non Executive Director, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Professor Colette Fagan | Elected office, Chair of Board of Governors Chorlton Church of England Primary School |
| Mr Robert E Hough | Trustee, The Greater Manchester High Sheriff’s Police Trust |
| Mr Paul Lee | Chairman, Royal Exchange Theatre Feoffee (Trustee), Chetham's School of Music |
| Mrs Christine Lee-Jones | Non-Executive Director, Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery NHS Foundation Trust |
| Dr Brenda Smith | Non Executive Director, Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust |
The University of Manchester completed a review of linked charities in 2011. The review resulted in the declaration in the financial statements of one linked charity – The Friends of the Whitworth. Further information is available at www.friendsofthewhitworth.org.uk.
The correspondence address of the University is:
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL