Constitutional and Legal Matters

Legal and Charitable Status of the University

The institution was incorporated as a Higher Education Corporation (HEC) on 21 November 1988 by virtue of the Education Reform Act 1988 (ERA) (Commencement No. 2) Order 1988. The Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (section 77) enabled Higher Education Corporations who were Polytechnics to change their name to University and on 16 June 1992 the Privy Council gave its consent to the new name of the Corporation, and our official, and preferred name, The University of Huddersfield.

University of Huddersfield
Queensgate
Huddersfield
HD1 3DH

As a higher education corporation, the University is not registered with Companies House and does not have a company registration number.

For further information, including the University’s Instrument and Articles of Government please view the University of Huddersfield's governance web pages.

Charitable Status

The University has charitable status as an exempt charity under Schedule 3 of the Charities Act 2011. It is therefore subject to charity legislation but is not required to register with the Charity Commission and is not regulated by it. As an exempt charity, the University does not have a registered charity number.

In 2010, the Higher Education Funding Council for England took over as the ‘Principal Regulator’ for the institutions it funds, and now has a general duty to promote compliance with charity legislation. This does not affect the University’s status as an exempt charity.

University Council and Committee members

The University Council is the principal decision-making body in the University, please click here to view the Council and Committee member profiles

Other Charities of which Council members are Trustees

Council Member	Other Charitable Trusteeships
Mr Bernard Ainsworth (Co-opted Committee Member)	Kirkwood Hospice
Mr Robert Cox (Co-opted Committee Member)	St John's Church, High Legh The Guide Association
Professor Bob Cryan CBE DL FREng	Peter Jones Foundation UCAS
Mr Mark Fisher CBE	Clore Social Leadership Foundation
Mrs Virginia Lloyd DL	Henry Watkinson Educational Trust
Baroness Kathryn Pinnock	Yorkshire Water Community Trust Scholes Village Shelter Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
Professor Isobel Pollock	Women's Engineering Society
Mr Richard Quayle	York St John Students' Union
Mrs Helen Thomson DL	Sue Ryder
Mr Jonathan Thornton	Colne Valley Museum Huddersfield Mrs Sunderland Music Festival One Community Foundation
Professor Tim Thornton	Millenium History Fellowship Grants of the Société Jersiaise

University Financial Statements

Feel free to view our full audited consolidated financial statements for the latest financial year, or even view our previous years accounts, at our Financial Statements page.