Register of Charities - The Charity Commission CHESTER DIOCESAN RETIRED CLERGY, WIDOWS AND DEPENDANTS FUND

Charity number: 248968-1
Linked charity
Governing document
SCHEME DATED 8 OCTOBER 2002
Charitable objects
1. THE RELIEF, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, OF RETIRED AND RETIRING MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY, AND LICENSED LAYWORKERS WHO SERVE OR WHO HAVE SERVED OR HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT ASSOCIATION WITH THE DIOCESE AND WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS (INCLUDING THE PAYMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO PENSION SCHEMES) AND THEIR WIDOWS, WIDOWERS AND DEPENDANTS. 2. THE RELIEF, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEE THINK FIT, OF SPOUSES OF CLERGY OR THE SEPARATED SPOUSES OF CLERGY WHO SERVE OR WHO HAVE SERVED OR HAVE HAS A SIGNIFICANT ASSOCIATION WITH THE DIOCESE AND ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, AND 3. IN AND IN SO FAR AS THE TRUSTEES CANNOT APPLY THE INCOME IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OBJECTS 1 AND 2 ABOVE THEN THEY SHOULD APPLY THE INCOME IN MAKING PAYMENTS BY WAY OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO PENSION SCHEMES OF MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY SERVING IN THE DIOCESE.
Area of benefit
DIOCESE OF CHESTER
Registration history
  • 29 November 2002: Standard registration
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