Charitable status

University of Winchester is an exempt charity and as such it is required to have charitable purposes and apply them for the public benefit. It must comply with the general law of charity. Members of the Board of Governors are charitable trustees.

Under the Charities Act 2006 the Higher Education Council for England (HEFCE) acts as the principle regulator for universities that are exempt charities, and has a duty to ‘promote compliance by charity trustees with their legal obligations in exercising control and management of the administration of their charities.

Legal name and correspondence address

  • University of Winchester
    Sparkford Road
    Winchester
    Hampshire SO22 4NR

Trustees of the University as at 31 January 2012

  • Robert Stephen Baldwin
  • Professor Joy Carter
  • David Cook
  • Simon Francis Eden
  • Yassein El-Hakim
  • Winifred Ann Charlotte Harris
  • Thomas Patrick Geddes
  • Pearl Daisy Jebaranee Hettiaratchy
  • Paul Robert William Jackson
  • Abdul Kayum
  • Patricia Mary Kernan
  • Alan Charles Lovell
  • Corinne Mary Mackenzie
  • Professor Barry McCormick
  • Sebastian Miell
  • Margaret Julia Newbigin
  • Peter Martin North
  • Anne Steele Arnett
  • Revd Joanne Mary Stoker
  • Professor Elizabeth Bridget Stuart
  • Stephen Richard Thomas
  • David Steward Walton
  • Richard Denys Wilkinson
  • Jennifer Ruth Williamson  

Joy Carter is a director of UVAC.

David Cook is a director of Ashbein Consulting Ltd and of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

Simon Eden is a board member of the Solent Centre for Architecture and Design.

Yassein El Hakim is a director of Super Fun Days Out Ltd; Super Fun Ltd and SEDA Executive.

Tommy Geddes os a director of KAC Enterprises Ltd; the Winchester Business School, and, the Winchetser Management School.

Win Harris is a govenror of Hackney Community College, London.

Pearl Hettiaratchy is Deputy Lieutentant of Hampshire and Vice Patron of the British Association for Services to the Elderly and of Abbey Field.

Abdul Kayum is a director of the Tiffin Club Lts and Siam Supplies Ltd. He is a trustee of the Beeston Trust, acting secretary of Culturnet and secretary of the Winchester Muslim Cultural Association.

Alan Lovell is a Director of the Council of Lloyd's; the Association of Lloyds Members; Alpha Insurance Analysts Ltd; the Low Carbon Group; Progressive Energy; TidalStream Ltd; Infinis Limited; Palace House International Ltd; the Blue Lamp Trust and J Rothschild Capital Management Ltd. He is a trustee of the Mary Rose Trust; the Blue Lamp Trust and the Winchester Cathedral Trust.

Margaret Newbigin is sole director of Heart of the Parks Limited.

Peter North is a director of Abstract Homes Ltd; Absract Projects Ltd; Exclusive Art Factory Ltd; Keyhaven Land Ltd; Keyhaven Land (EG) Ltd; Footstep Homes Ltd; Footstep Property Ltd; Footstep Holdings Ltd; Footsteps Developments Ltd and Trinity Winchester. He is trustee (and Chair) of The Rose Road Association and trustee of Trinity Centre, Winchester.

Barry McCormick is director of Economic Analysis Associates.

Anne Steele-Arnett is a govenror of King Edward VI School, Southampton and a director of the Solent Education Business Partnership.

Joanna Stoker is a trustee of The Basingstoke Charities, the Aldworth Trust Foundationm and, The Parrett Trust.

Stephen Thomas is a council member of The Latimer Trust, a member of Odiham and Hook Rotary, and, Chairman of St Mary's Christian Workers Trust.

David Walton is chairman, trustee and director of Trinity Winchester.

Jennifer Ruth Williamson is member of the Parochial Church Council of St Mary's Eastrop, Basingstoke.

Richard Wilkinson is a trustee of Friends of Aphrodisias Trust and secretary of St Matthew's and St Paul's PCC, Winchester.  

Memorandum and Articles of Association

The legal framework within which the University operates is contained in the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the University

Financial Statements 2010-11

The full audited consolidated financial statements for 2010-11 are located under Published Accounts.

Serving the Public Good and Public Benefit

The following is an extract from the Financial Statements 2010-11 on public benefit:
... our mission is to educate, to advance knowledge and to serve the public good and our values include freedom, justice, truth, human rights and collective effort for the public good.

Specific examples include:

  • having widening participation, increased acess, retention and achievement of students at the heart of our mission. Furthermore, we value the wealth of experience, skills and knowlegdge which students from diverse backgrounds bring to the experience of other students and staff of the University
  • leading the Aimhigher initiative for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Aimhigher was a national government funded campaign which aimed participation in Higher Education by working with targeted young people from priority groups to help raise their aspirations and attainment whilst at school or college.
  • leading the Hampshire Queen's Diamond Jubilee Project 2012 on behalf of schools in the County
  • being host and co-founder (with St Ethelburga's Centre of Reconciliation and Peace, London and Religions for Peace International, New York) of the Centre for Religions for Reconciliation and Peace. This Centre is founded on the principle of tripartite parternship between (i) communities of all religions and none and their leaders; (ii) experienced and developing practitioners of reconciliation and peace; (iii) research and pedagogic academics engaged in research and knowledge exchange in reconciliation and peace
  • hosting the Centre for Real-World Learning which carries out research and consultancy in real-world learning and real-world intelligence and explains why these are important. The Centre is keen to find out more about how people learn to accomplish real things in their everyday lives such as playing the piano, chairing a meeting, calming a baby or resolving a heated argument. 

The University helps to develop learners into socially as well as economically productive people and offers scholarships, bursaries and financial support to enable people who could not otherwise afford to undertake courses to attend the University.

The University is proud of its academic research and aims to maximise the benefits of research by advancing fundamental knowledge and contributing to better public policy, economic prosperity, social cohesion, international development, community identity and quality of life.

We also seek to maximise knowledge exchange and community engagement, for example by:

  • hosting the annual Winchester Writers Conference; a world renowned conference whose honorary partrons include Baroness James of Holland Park, Jacqueline Wilson, Maureen Lipman and Colin Dexter, This conference is Britain's major forum for aspiring writers to meet with published authors, publishers and agents.
  • working in partnership with schools and colleges as well as private clubs in use of the sports stadium
  • hosting Enterprise Lecturers offering students, staff and members of the community the opportunity to hear first hand from fascinating and creative people who have been successful in their field, focussing on those who have been entrepreneurial and have made a real difference; previous speakers include Dr Anthony Seldon, Kate Adie and Terry Waite
  • producing a Knowledge Exchange Newsletter three times a year which contains highlights of the wide range of knowledge exchange events and activities undertaken by staff, students and graduates.

Within our limited resources and self-imposed guidelines we provide sponsorship to local schools, clubs and other organisations.