BBC Trust

Getting the best out of the BBC for licence fee payers

How we govern

We make sure BBC managers are doing their jobs properly, rather than managing the BBC itself

Representing different audience viewpoints.

We are your voice within the BBC; we have considerable power to wield on your behalf – and when we need to, we act quickly and decisively in your interests

We set BBC strategy and top-level budgets and we appoint the BBC's top executive, the Director-General. We make sure the BBC has the right standards and that its programmes live up to those standards

Governance framework

Details of the Royal Charter and Agreement which set out our powers and duties, together with the protocols and policies that we use to carry out our functions

Service reviews

We look in detail at each BBC service at least once every five years

Service licences

We give a licence to every BBC service setting out what we expect each service to achieve

Public purposes

The Charter gives the BBC six public purposes. Our purpose remits show how we want the BBC to achieve those purposes

New services

The BBC needs our permission before it can launch any new services. When one is proposed, we undertake a public value test

Diversity and equality

We make sure the BBC delivers its commitment to equal opportunities and diversity

Other BBC Activities

There are special rules governing some BBC activities – such as the BBC World Service

Review of BBC governance

Our review set out to establish whether existing governance arrangements could be improved within the framework of the current Royal Charter.

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