The members of The Basildon Academies Trust have different status to Trustees. Trust members are the signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding and have agreed the Trust’s Articles of Association (a document that outlines the governance structure and how the Trust will operate).  The Articles of Association also describe how members are recruited and replaced, and how many trustees the members can appoint to the Trust Board.

The members appoint trustees to ensure that the Trust’s charitable object is carried out and are able to remove trustees if they fail to fulfil this responsibility.  Accordingly, the Trust Board submits an annual report on the performance of the Trust to the members.  Members are also responsible for approving any amendments made to the Trust’s Articles of Association.

While members are permitted to be appointed as trustees, in order to retain a degree of separation of power between the members and the Trust Board, and in line with DfE expectations, not all members should be trustees.  Members are not permitted to be employees of the Academy Trust.

Members receive audited accounts and must meet at least once a year.