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Governance & Management

Regent's College - A Company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales No: 1791760

Registered charity number: 291583
Registered office: Inner Circle, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4NS

Respective roles of the Chairman and the Chief Executive

Regent's College, ‘the Charity’, is led by two key people:

1. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees, subject to the approval and oversight of the Board as a whole, is responsible for all matters concerning governance.  (The Trustees are non-Executive Directors of Regent’s College.)

2. The Chief Executive is responsible to the Board for all executive and operational matters.

Both the Chairman and the Chief Executive have a clear and agreed understanding of their respective roles and responsibilities

The Role of the Chairman

Compliance Responsibilities and Integrity of the Business

The Chairman, on behalf of the Board, is responsible for:

• Ensuring that Regent’s College is run on a sound financial and commercial basis and within the remit of the Governing Document (Memorandum and Articles of Association).
• Ensuring that the Executive Directors and Senior Management Team of Regent’s College are carrying out their respective duties prudently, ethically and in full compliance with the law.
• Ensuring that full financial records are kept for all transactions and that proper financial procedures and controls are in place to safeguard Regent’s College’s resources and assets.
• Ensuring that accounts are prepared at year-end and submitted in compliance with the SORP Accounting for charities to the Charity Commission.

General Trustees’ Board Responsibilities

The Chairman, on behalf of the Board, is responsible for:

• Planning, with the Company Secretary, the annual cycle of the Board’s meetings and chairing these to ensure they run efficiently and effectively.
• Planning, with the Chief Executive and the Company Secretary, the agenda of the Board’s meetings.
• Ensuring that the Board’s decisions are made and implemented within the remit of the Governing Document (Memorandum and Articles of Association).
• Ensuring that the Board reviews the work of Regent’s College.
• Ensuring that the Board is properly balanced and directed, concentrating on issues that are relevant, where it can add value to Regent’s College without interfering with detailed internal management.
• Ensuring, with the Chief Executive and Company Secretary, that members of the Board receive accurate, timely and clear information about the performance of Regent’s College.

Succession Planning Responsibilities

The Chairman, on behalf of the Board, is responsible for:

• Ensuring that successors for key roles (Trustees, Chief Executive, Company Secretary, Auditors, Legal and Tax Advisers and Consultants to the Board) are identified in good time.
• Ensuring that the recruitment, induction and appointment of Trustees are carried out within the remit of the Governing Document (Memorandum and Articles of Association).

Miscellaneous Responsibilities

The Chairman, on behalf of the Board, is responsible for:

• Ensuring that the performances of the Chief Executive and Company Secretary are annually appraised.
• Ensuring that the Chief Executive and the Senior Management Team (including Executive Directors) are performing to the required standards.
• Overseeing the implementation of the strategy of Regent’s College, subject to the approval and oversight of the Board as a whole.
• Promoting goodwill and building good personal relationships with all the stakeholders of Regent’s College.