As charitable companies limited by guarantee, every Trust has members who have a similar role to shareholders in a company limited by shares. Most notably they:

• are signatories to the articles of association which includes definition of the trusts’ charitable object and governance structure (where they are Founding Members);
• may, by special resolution, amend the articles of association, subject to any restrictions created by the trust’s funding agreement or charity law;                                             
• may, by special resolution (which requires 75% rather than a simple majority of Members to agree) appoint new Members or remove existing Members other than, where there is one, the foundation/ sponsor body and any Members it has appointed;
• have powers to appoint Trustees as set out in the trust’s articles of association, and have power under the Companies Act to remove any or all serving Trustees;
• May, by special resolution, issue direction to the Trustees to take a specific action;
• appoint the trust’s auditors and receive the trust’s annual audited accounts (subject to the Companies Act); and
• have power to change the name of the charitable company and ultimately, wind up the academy trust.

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