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 2018, the Office for Students replaced the Higher Education Funding Council for England as the independent regulator for higher education in England. The Office for Students was set up by the Higher Education and Research Act of 2017 and it published its new regulatory framework in February 2018.

University Council and Committee members

The University Council is the principal decision-making body in the University, please View the Council and Committee member profiles

Other Charities of which Council members are Trustees

Council Member Other Charitable Trusteeships
Ms Sally Baines 

Mental Health Matters 

Professor Bob Cryan CBE DL FREng

Inspiring Digital Enterprises Award

Institution of Engineering & Technology

Peter Jones Foundation

Yorkshire Universities 

Mr Rhys Davies 

Airedale Hospital and Community Charity

Bradford Grammar School 

Mr Mark Fisher CBE

Civil Service Sports Council 

Mrs Clare Morrow 

Hollybank Trust

Yorkshire Film Archive 

Baroness Kathryn Pinnock

Yorkshire Water Community Trust

Scholes Village Shelter

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

Mr Jonathan Thornton

Colne Valley Museum

Huddersfield Mrs Sunderland Music Festival

One Community Foundation

 

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.

Modern Slavery Statements

Please click on the following link for the University's current Modern Slavery Statement

Previous years' Statements are listed below:

Modern Slavery Statement 2017

Modern Slavery Statement 2016