Annual Report 2007-8 - The British School at Rome

T RUSTEES’ REPORTStructure, Governance andManagementThe British School at Rome was founded in1901 and incorporated by Royal Charter in1912 (Supplemental Charter, 1995). It is aregistered charity, no. 314176. Thegoverning body of the School comprises thePresident, HRH Princess Alexandra, theHon. Lady Ogilvy, KG, GCVO, and theCouncil. The Director, Professor AndrewWallace-Hadrill, acts as the School’s ChiefExecutive, has the right of attendance at allmeetings of Council and its Subcommittees,and provides the secretariat from among theSchool staff.A list of all members of Council(Trustees) who have acted during the2007–2008 financial year appears below,together with details of the School’s financialadvisers, members of all Subcommittees, anda full list of members of staff.Under the terms of the Royal Charter,two Council members are to be appointedby the President of the British Academy andthe rest are appointed by the Council. Nofewer than seven members must be selectedfrom the fields of specialisation and workenshrined in the School’s objectives. Care istaken to secure a balance betweenspecialists in the Fine Arts and theHumanities and generalists with legal,financial and fundraising skills. Members ofCouncil serve for a term of five years,renewable for a maximum of a further fiveyears. Members of Council are normallyrequired to be under the age of 70 onelection. They are normally expected to befamiliar with the School and its work onappointment, and are invited to visit theSchool in Rome and to meet staff boththere and in London as part of an inductionprocess. Council meets three times a year.Council is advised on all matters offinance and personnel by the Finance andPersonnel Subcommittee, which consists ofthe Chair of Council, the Treasurer, and theChairs of all Subcommittees, and meetsnormally four times a year.Grants are awarded by Council on therecommendation of two specialist advisorycommittees, the Faculty of Archaeology,History and Letters and the Faculty of theFine Arts. Chairs of Faculties are appointedby Council, and must be members ofCouncil. Members of Faculties areappointed for a five-year term by Councilon the recommendation of the Faculties;they are chosen to represent the full rangeof specialist interests that fall within thechartered objectives of the School.Fellowships, scholarships and awards areadvertised once a year, and the Facultiesmeet once annually to consider applications,and to monitor reports by recipients ofawards. The awards process is administeredfrom the London office by the Registrar.Details of how to apply for awards togetherwith relevant forms are available on theSchool’s website.Council is advised on all academicpublications of the School by the Faculty ofArchaeology, History and Letters, under thechairmanship of the Chair of Publications.The Chair is appointed by Council, andmust be a member of Council.Council is advised on development andfundraising by the Chair of Development;the Chair is appointed by Council, and mustbe a member of Council..Risk ManagementCouncil has identified and reviewed themajor risks to which the School is exposedand considers that, to the extent that it isable, it has systems in place to mitigatethose risks. It reviews its risk assessment onan annual basis.Objectives, Activities and Plans forthe FutureThe objects of the School are set out in theSupplemental Royal Charter (1995) asfollows:(a) To promote the study in Italy ofarchaeology, history and letters, architecture,painting, sculpture, printmaking andother arts.(b) To establish and maintain in Rome ahostel for students attending the Schoolwho are studying arts, archaeology, historyand letters and who are of British orCommonwealth birth, education orresidence.(c) To establish and maintain studios andother buildings for the purposes of theSchool and their use by the students andother persons attending the School.(d) To pursue archaeological and otherresearches and publications in the subjectareas specified in (a) above.(e) To maintain in Rome a generallibrary of the arts, archaeology, history andletters.(f) To award Scholarships, Exhibitions,Bursaries, Research Grants and other formsof assistance to those of British orCommonwealth birth, education or residence,engaged in the study of the arts, archaeology,history or letters.40