# HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1098579
- **Other names:** HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** July 15, 2003
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1098579


## Contact

- **Address:** Harper Adams University, Edgmond, NEWPORT
- **Postcode:** TF10 8NB
- **Phone:** 01952 815095
- **Email:** dtaylor@harper-adams.ac.uk
- **Website:** https://www.harper-adams.ac.uk/work-with-us/development-trust/



## Activities

**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 &quot;THE COLLEGE&quot;) BEING IN THE OPINION OF THE ORIGINAL TRUSTEES AN ESTABLISHMENT WHICH IS DEDICATED TO THE OVERRIDING OBJECTIVE.&quot;THE SPECIFIED PURPOSES&quot; 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.

**Activities:** The Trust raises funds to support the work of Harper Adams University. It&#x27;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&#x27;s primary educational purpose.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** THE UNITED KINGODM OR IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD
- Ireland
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Richard Hambleton** | Chair | Oct. 7, 2020 |
| Amanda Thorn |  | Nov. 8, 2022 |
| Comfort Tevera |  | Nov. 8, 2022 |
| David Farley |  | Nov. 7, 2023 |
| Joan Cole |  | Nov. 8, 2022 |
| Matthew Blaken |  | March 12, 2019 |
| Professor Ken Sloan |  | Nov. 1, 2021 |
| William Alexander Ivor Ferguson |  | Nov. 8, 2022 |




