The British Universities Finance Directors Group (BUFDG) is the representative body for higher education finance staff in the United Kingdom. We have been delivering professional services and support to our member universities since 1993 as an organisation (and since 2000 with actual staff to support you).
We aim to be the recognised channel for the provision, analysis, and dissemination of information, guidance and support across the H E Finance sector. Our members are the Chief Financial Officers (also called Finance Directors) of UK higher education providers, and their staff. Our work in the higher education sector supports over 8,000 H E employees in over 180 organisations. We are entirely owned by our member H E providers and BUFDG is a not-for-profit organisation.
In a nutshell: BUFDG helps institutions deliver value, save money, enhance finance capabilities, and work together.
The organisation has the following objectives:
To be the pre-eminent source of information, comment, and support on finance matters. To promote high standards and best practice across the H E finance sector.
To provide forums for networking, discussion, consultation and exchange. To provide and signpost to appropriate opportunities for learning and development.
To work in partnership with related organisations, regionally and nationally. To advocate on behalf of all our members to government, policy makers, and external stakeholders.
Read more about BUFDG's objectives in the most recent BUFDG strategy (2021).
The Executive Group is the steering group for the BUFDG organisation.
We also try to work with other sector associations as much as we can. We have included as many H E associations as we can think of in our useful Glossary (which also includes many of the acronyms used in the sector, plus finance, tax, and procurement terminology). If you know of any other associations, acronyms, or confusing terms, please let us know.
BUFDG is an association run under the umbrella organisation Professional H E Services Ltd (PHES), of which it is the founding member. PHES is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee and is owned entirely by its member H E providers. Find out more about PHES here.
