Governing document THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN
Charity number: 227938
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Governing document
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GRANTED 13/01/1800
AS AMENDED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT DATED 18/04/1810
AS AMENDED BY THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN CHARITY SCHEME CONFIRMATION ACT DATED 14/05/1958
SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER GRANTED 14/11/1958
AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 17/04/1959
AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 26/05/1959
AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 30/03/1965
AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 26/01/1967
AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 22/02/1967
AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 26/04/1971
AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 10/04/1984
AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 11/04/1984
AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 30/03/2011
AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 07/04/2011
Charitable objects
(1) TO DIFFUSE THE KNOWLEDGE AND FACILITATE THE GENERAL INTRODUCTION OF USEFUL MECHANICAL INVENTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS;
(2) TO TEACH BY COURSES OF PHILOSOPHICAL LECTURES AND EXPERIMENTS THE APPLICATION OF SCIENCE TO THE COMMON PURPOSES OF LIFE;
(3) TO PROMOTE CHEMICAL SCIENCE BY EXPERIMENTS AND LECTURES FOR IMPROVING ARTS AND MANUFACTURES;
(4) TO DISCOVER THE USES OF THE MINERAL AND OTHER NATURAL PRODUCTIONS OF THIS COUNTRY; AND
(5) TO DIFFUSE AND EXTEND USEFUL KNOWLEDGE IN GENERAL.
Area of benefit
The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.
