The University of Buckingham Foundation was created in 2002 and registered as a charity (number 1094042).
Charitable objects
The objects of the charity are:
- to advance the education of the public by supporting and promoting the education, in all its forms, of students attending the University, and by benefiting the wider academic community and purposes of the University as a whole; and
- to promote research into academic and scientific fields of learning.
Significant activities undertaken in relation to the objects
- Applying to trusts and foundations for grants
- Making contact with individual potential donors
- Keeping in contact with existing donors
- Distributing funds in accordance with donors’ wishes
The names of all donors are openly recorded unless a donor wishes to remain anonymous.
Trustees of the University of Buckingham Foundation
The Foundation has independent trustees who ensure that funds are used in accordance with donors’ wishes:
- Professor Terence Kealey, Vice-Chancellor, University of Buckingham
- Mr Ian Plaistowe
- Mr Andrew Peake
- Mrs Alison Phillips OBE
- Mrs Chloe Woodhead, Chairman of the Trustees
