Governing document
SCHEME DATED 6 SEPTEMBER 1977 AS AMENDED BY SCHEMES DATED 5 SEPTEMBER 1980, 06 JUNE 2001, 29 APRIL 2005 (AS AFFECTED BY A UNITING DIRECTION MADE UNDER S.96 OF THE CHARITIES ACT 1993 AND DATED 20 MAY 2005) AND SCHEME 28 JULY 2009.
AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 02 JUN 2016
AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 19 NOV 2020
Charitable objects
THE PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSES
QUALIFICATIONS OF ALMSPEOPLE. – THE ALMSPEOPLE SHALL BE POOR PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF BRISTOL AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT. THE TRUSTEES MAY, IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, APPOINT A RESIDENT WHO LIVES OUTSIDE THE AREA OF BENEFIT BUT IS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED. A RECORD MUST BE KEPT OF THE NATURE OF THE EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES JUSTIFYING THE APPOINTMENT. THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS APPOINTED UNDER THIS CLAUSE MUST NOT EXCEED ONE-THIRD OF THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS AT ANY ONE TIME.