HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Registered charity 1098579 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT TRUST

The Trust raises funds to support the work of Harper Adams University. It's principal aim is to finance student scholarships, particularly for those students who need financial aid to pursue their course of study, and to help generate income to support building projects that assist the University to achieve it's primary educational purpose.

Objects

BY THE PURSUIT OF THE SPECIFIED PURPOSES HEREINAFTER DEFINED TO FURTHER THE OVERRIDING OBJECTIVE (HEREINAFTER SO CALLED) NAMELY THE PROVISION IN SUCH MANNER AS SHALL BE CHARITABLE AT LAW OF EDUCATION (AND IN PARTICULAR HIGHER EDUCATION) FOR PERSONS SEEKING TO BE OR PRESENTLY ENGAGED IN THE MANAGEMENT AND USE OF RURAL LAND OR IN INDUSTRIES PROFESSIONS AND COMMUNITIES RELATED TO RURAL LAND WHETHER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR TO FOSTER THE INTERESTS OF HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NEWPORT IN SHROPSHIRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE COLLEGE") BEING IN THE OPINION OF THE ORIGINAL TRUSTEES AN ESTABLISHMENT WHICH IS DEDICATED TO THE OVERRIDING OBJECTIVE."THE SPECIFIED PURPOSES" SHALL MEAN THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES SO FAR AS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AT LAW NAMELY SUCH PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER TO BE LIKELY TO ASSIST IN THE ATTAINMENT OF THE OBJECTS OF THE COLLEGE OR OTHERWISE LIKELY TO FURTHER THE OVERRIDING OBJECTIVE (INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING(A) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES EQUIPMENT OR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WHEREBY, AND;(B) THE UNDERTAKING OR ENCOURAGEMENT OF RESEARCH INTO THE WAYS IN WHICHPERSONS ENGAGED OR SEEKING TO BE ENGAGED IN THE MANAGEMENT AND USE OF RURAL LAND OR IN INDUSTRIES PROFESSIONS AND COMMUNITIES RELATED TO RURAL LAND MAY BE ENABLED TO BE EDUCATED WHETHER AT THE COLLEGE OR ELSEWHERE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PUTTING SUCH LAND TO GOOD ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTAL OR SCIENTIFIC USE) AND GENERALLY THE SECURING OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE ENDS AS THEY SHALL CONSIDER TO BE CONDUCIVE TO THE OVERRIDING OBJECTIVE.

Area of benefit: THE UNITED KINGODM OR IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Telford and Wrekin, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £118,276 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £592,178 to £473,902. Unrestricted reserves stood at £196,896, which the trustees consider appropriate for planned activities. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BDO LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Kildare Charitable Trust — “Lecture theatre facilities have been provided through a legacy from the estate of the late Mr Theo Tinneveld and a donation by the Kildare C…” (source page)
• Rochester Bridge Trust — “Three students at Harper Adams University have become Scholars on a programme run by a charitable trust linked to one of Kent’s most histori…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~14.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard Hambletonchair
• Amanda Thorn
• Comfort Tevera
• David Farley
• Joan Cole
• Matthew Blaken
• Professor Ken Sloan · trustee of 2 other charities
• William Alexander Ivor Ferguson

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION.

• THE HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION income £1.5m
• UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DURHAM TRUST income £88k
• HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY income £59.7m
• THE SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £43k
• THE HARROW DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £7.1m
• UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £491k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.