Cardiff University

What the charity does

The University provides Higher Education to the general public which will also include numerous research activities. For more detail see the Public Benefit Statement within the Annual Financial Statements.

Charitable objects

1. The objects of cardiff university shall be:(1) To advance knowledge and education by teaching and research and by the example and influence of its corporate life;(2) To provide instruction and courses of study for persons seeking to qualify fordegrees and other awards of the university of Wales, of cardiff university, and ofother universities and for other persons;(3) To promote and make provision for research and for such methods of advancing, disseminating, preserving and applying knowledge as may be decided upon from time to time by cardiff university;(4) To develop the character of the students by virtue of its corporate life;(5) To promote, itself or jointly with others, health and welfare with special reference to the needs of Wales;(6) To contribute to the social, cultural and economic development of Wales and the United Kingdom.2. Cardiff university shall be a teaching, research, examining and degree-awarding body and shall have power to do all lawful acts including (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) power:(1) To take over all property, rights, benefits and liabilities of, including propertypreviously held on trust by, university of Wales college of medicine or any otherperson or body whose objects are not inconsistent with this our charter; (2) To make awards and confer degrees and other distinctions of cardiff university and for good cause to deprive a person of an award, distinction or degree of cardiff university.

Area of benefit: Cardiff

Governing document: CHARTER ADOPTED 7 OCTOBER 1884 And Royal Charter granted on 15 Sept 2022as amended by order dated 15 Sept 2022