 On 1 March 1966, the Commonwealth Foundation was registered as a Charitable Trust and came into being under English Law.The trust deed, as registered with the Charity Commission described the aims of the Foundation as, 'To maintain and improve (in the interests of the public) standards of knowledge attainment and conduct in the skilled and learned professions or skilled auxiliary occupations within the Commonwealth'.Based on this, more specific aims were developed, which, in 1969, Chadwick summarised as