Charitable objects
4. THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY ('THE OBJECTS') ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY TO THE FOLLOWING:
4.1 TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES BY THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
4.1.1 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 PRECEEDING THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT WITH A PREFERENCE FOR SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE SO RESIDED IN THE AREA OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF ISLEWORTH AND:
4.1.1.1 IN SELECTING NEW RESIDENTS FOR INGRAM'S ALMSHOUSES, PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO SINGLE WOMEN AND SINGLE MEN, WHETHER SPINSTERS OR BACHELORS, WIDOWS OR WIDOWERS, SEPARATED OR DIVORCED;
4.1.1.2 IN SELECTING NEW RESIDENTS FOR TOLSON HOUSE PREFERENCE FOR 13 OF THE UNITS SHALL BE GIVEN TO SINGLE WOMEN AND SINGLE MEN, WHETHER SPINSTERS OR BACHELORS, WIDOWS OR WIDOWERS, SEPARATED OR DIVORCED OF NOT LESS THAN 55 YEARS OF AGE AND FOR 7 OF THE UNITS PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO MARRIED COUPLES OR THOSE IN CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS OF NOT LESS THAN 55 YEARS OF AGE WHERE THEY CAN HAVE SOME OF THEIR BELONGINGS AND HUSBAND AND WIFE SHALL NOT BE SEPARATED; FOR TWO WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE 2-BED FLATS PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO MARRIED COUPLES OR THOSE IN CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS OR SINGLE PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS OF NOT LESS THAN 50 YEARS OF AGE; FOR THE REMAINING TWO 2-BED FLATS, PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO MARRIED COUPLES OR THOSE IN CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS OF NOT LESS THAN 55 YEARS OF AGE OR TO A SINGLE PERSON OF NOT LESS THAN 55 YEARS OF AGE WHOSE SON OR DAUGHTER LIVES IN AS THEIR CARER, AS LONG AS THE CARER IS NOT LESS THAN 40 YEARS OF AGE;
4.1.1.3 IN SELECTING NEW RESIDENTS FOR BUTLER'S ALMSHOUSES PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO MARRIED COUPLES OR THOSE IN CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS OF NOT LESS THAN 60 YEARS OF AGE;
4.1.1.4 IN SELECTING NEW RESIDENTS FOR SERMON'S ALMSHOUSES PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO WOMEN OF NOT LESS THAN 50 YEARS OF AGE FOR ALMSHOUSES 1-6, TO MEN AND WOMEN AND MARRIED COUPLES OR THOSE IN CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS OF NOT LESS THAN 50 YEARS OF AGE FOR ALMSHOUSES 7 AND 8 AND TO SINGLE MEN AND WOMEN, WHETHER SPINSTERS OR BACHELORS, WIDOWS OR WIDOWERS, SEPARATED OR DIVORCED OF NOT LESS THAN 50 YEARS OF AGE FOR ALMSHOUSE 9;
4.1.1.5 IN SELECTING NEW RESIDENTS FOR THE 26 ALMSHOUSES AT RAYBELL COURT PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN AS FOLLOWS:
(A) TO WOMEN OF NOT LESS THAN 50 YEARS OF AGE FOR FIVE SUCH ALMSHOUSES;
(B) TO MARRIED COUPLES OR THOSE IN CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS OF NOT LESS THAN 50 YEARS OF AGE FOR TWO SUCH ALMSHOUSES;
(C) TO MARRIED COUPLES OR THOSE IN CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS OF NOT LESS THAN 60 YEARS OF AGE FOR TWO SUCH ALMSHOUSES; AND
(D) TO SINGLE MEN AND WOMEN, WHETHER SPINSTERS OR BACHELORS, WIDOWS OR WIDOWERS, SEPARATED OR DIVORCED OF NOT LESS THAN 50 YEARS OF AGE FOR 1ST FLOOR ALMSHOUSES AND NOT LESS THAN 55 YEARS OF AGE FOR GROUND FLOOR ALMSHOUSES;
4.1.1.6 IN SELECTING NEW RESIDENTS FOR PRIORY COURT, PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO MARRIED COUPLES OR THOSE IN CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS AND SINGLE WOMEN AND SINGLE MEN, WHETHER SPINSTER OR BACHELORS, WIDOWS OR WIDOWERS, SEPARATED OR DIVORCED OF NOT LESS THAN 55 YEARS OF AGE; AND
4.1.2 IN THE CASE OF ANY OTHER PROPERTY THAT THE CHARITY MAY OWN FROM TIME TO TIME, ACCOMMODATION FOR THOSE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF AGE, POVERTY, DISABILITY OR ANY OTHER REASON;
4.2 THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE ALMSHOUSES OWNED OR HELD ON TRUST BY THE CHARITY OR ANY OF THEM IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME; AND
4.3 THE RELIEF IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW
