AAT Trust Board
The trust board is responsible for the strategic direction and oversight of administration and management of the Trust and all its schools to develop and achieve the Trust’s vision and to ensure compliance with the government and ESFA requirements, company law and charity law. The Trust Board delegates finance and audit functions to the Resources and Audit Committee which provides additional scrutiny on the way that resources are used across the Trust and advises the Trust on financial strategy.The Trust Board
& Audit Committee Minutes of Trust Board meetings are available on request from Lesley Dunkley, Clerk to the Trust Board dunkleyl@aat.school
Resources
The purpose of the work of the Resources & Audit Committee is to assist the decision making of the Trust Board, by enabling more detailed consideration to be given to the best means of fulfilling the Trust Board’s responsibility to ensure sound management of the Trust’s finances and resources, including proper planning, monitoring and probity. It also assists the decision-making processes of the Trust Board, by enabling more detailed consideration of any matters relating to premises occupied for the purposes of the schools within the Trust. It also provides assurances to the Trust Board that risks are being adequately identified and managed by reviewing the risks to internal financial control and agreeing a programme of work to address and provide assurance on those risks. It also ensures that systems are in place to comply with the Academy Trust Handbook.
Trustees
Duncan Gibbons (Chair)
Lin Keen
James Rodea
Jonathan Sweet
Alan Gray
In attendance
Amy Barclay : CFOO
