Accountability
We are accountable to our audiences. Their continuing trust in the British Council is a crucial part of our contract with them. We will act in good faith by dealing fairly and openly with them.
The objectives for which the British Council is established are set out in our Royal Charter (pdf 192kb).
As an executive non-departmental public body we account for ourselves yearly to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons and, upon request, to the Public Accounts Committee.
As a registered charity we are subject to charities legislation and to scrutiny by the Charity Commission.
The National Audit Office published a value for money audit of the British Council in 2008.
We are open in admitting mistakes when they are made and encourage a culture of willingness to learn from them.
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