Governing document MARKET HARBOROUGH AND THE BOWDENS CHARITY
Charity number: 1157787
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Governing document
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CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 09 JUL 2014
AMENDED ON 21 JUN 2017 as amended on 30 Aug 2022 as amended on 01 Jun 2023
Charitable objects
(A) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT FOR WHICH PROVISION IS NOT MADE OUT OF RATES, TAXES OR OTHER PUBLIC FUNDS, AND
(B) RELIEF IN NEED ? I.E. THE RELIEF EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY OF RESIDENTS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, BUT NOT DIRECTLY IN RELIEF OF RATES, TAXES OR OTHER PUBLIC FUNDS. IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY GRANT RELIEF TO INDIVIDUALS OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE WHO ARE RESIDENT IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE THE AREA OF BENEFIT, AND
(C) EDUCATION - THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL HELP TO ENABLE SUITABLE APPLICANTS OVER THE AGE OF 16 AND RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT TO UNDERTAKE PROGRAMMES OF STUDY IN FURTHER OR HIGHER EDUCATION, OR TRAINING TOWARDS A VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATION, WHICH THEY WOULD OTHERWISE BE LESS ABLE TO AFFORD, AND
(D) THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THE FABRIC OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL, GREAT BOWDEN, PROVIDED THAT THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MUST NOT APPLY MORE THAN 20% OF THE CIO?S INCOME IN THIS WAY IN ANY THREE YEAR PERIOD. AND THE AREA OF BENEFIT REFERENCED IN SUB-CLAUSES (A), (B) AND (C) OF THIS CLAUSE SHALL BE THE URBAN AREA OF LEICESTERSHIRE CENTRED ON MARKET HARBOROUGH, GREAT BOWDEN AND LITTLE BOWDEN.
