Linked charity 1112467-1 ISLEWORTH & HOUNSLOW CHARITY
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29 SEPTEMBER 2005 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 5 APRIL 2006 AS AFFECTED BY A UNITING DIRECTION MADE UNDER S.96 OF THE CHARITIES ACT 1993 AND DATED 19 OCTOBER 2006
Charitable objects
(1) TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES BY THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (1.1) IN RELATION TO ALMSHOUSES TRANSFERRED FROM OR HELD ON TRUST FOR THE ISLEWORTH AND HOUNSLOW CHARITY, ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO (EXCEPT IN SPECIAL CASES TO BE APPROVED BY THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS) HAVE BEEN RESIDENT IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW FOR NOT LESS THAN TWO YEARS NEXT PRECEDING THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT WITH A PREFERENCE FOR SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE SO RESIDED IN THE AREA OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF ISLEWORTH AND: (1.1.1) IN SELECTING NEW RESIDENTS FOR THE INGRAM ALMSHOUSES, PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO WOMEN: (1.1.2) IN SELECTING NEW RESIDENTS FOR THE TOLSON HOUSE PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO BACHELORS OR WIDOWERS, AND SPINSTERS OR WIDOWS; (1.1.3) IN SELECTING NEW RESIDENTS FOR THE BUTLER ALMSHOUSES PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO MARRIED COUPLES OF NOT LESS THAN 60 YEARS OF AGE; (1.1.4) IN SELECTING NEW RESIDENTS FOR THE SERMON ALMSHOUSES PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO WOMEN OF NOT LESS THAN 50 YEARS OF AGE; (1.1.5) IN SELECTING NEW RESIDENTS FOR THE NINE ALMSHOUSES IN RAYBELL COURT PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN AS FOLLOWS: (A) TO WOMEN FOR FIVE SUCH ALMSHOUSES (B) TO MARRIED COUPLES FOR TWO SUCH ALMSHOUSES; AND (C) TO MARRIED COUPLES OF NOT LESS THAN 60 YEARS OF AGE FOR TWO SUCH ALMSHOUSES; AND (1.2) IN RELATION TO PROPERTY HELD ON TRUST FOR THE PARTHENIA HAYBURN CHARITY, ACCOMMODATION FOR OLD PEOPLE WHERE THEY CAN HAVE SOME OF THEIR BELONGINGS AND HUSBAND AND WIFE SHALL NOT BE SEPARATED; AND (1.3) IN THE CASE OF ANY OTHER PROPERTY THAT THE CHARITY MAY OWN FROM TIME TO ITEM, ACCOMMODATION FOR THOSE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF AGE, POVERTY, DISABILITY OR ANY OTHER REASON; (2) THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE ALMSHOUSES OWNED OR HELD ON TRUST BY THE CHARITY OR ANY OF THEM IN SUCH MANNER AS ITS DIRECTORS ('THE TRUSTEES') THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME; AND (3) THE RELIEF IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW.
Area of benefit
THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW
Registration history