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Legal Name and Correspondence Address

The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA

Constitutional Documents

The main constitutional document of The Open University is its Royal Charter granted in 1969.

The Charter, together with the constitutions for the OU’s Council and Senate, can be found here:

• Formal Governance Structure

Charity Trustees

The Members of Council are the Charity Trustees.

Trustees of the OU, including details of their other charity trusteeships, along with further details of the Council's constitution, terms of reference and standing orders are available here. 

• Information about the Council

Financial Statements

The full consolidated financial statements for the last five years are available.

• Financial Statements