Governing document THE BENEVOLENT FUND OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
Charity Number: 209465
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Governing document
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MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED SEPTEMBER 1913 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 12 APRIL 1961, 5 MAY 1988, 3 MAY 1990, 2 MAY 1991, 6 MAY 1993, 5 MAY 1994, 2 MAY 2002, 1 MARCH 2007 AND 6 DECEMBER 2007. as amended on 29 Jan 2020
Charitable objects
The Charity’s objects are restricted specifically to the following:
4.1 To provide financial or other assistance to necessitous persons who are:
4.1.1 members of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (the Institution);
4.1.2 former members of the Institution;
4.1.3 the spouses, widows, widowers, children, relatives and other dependents of such members or former members of the Institution (whether such members or former members are alive or dead at the time such provision is sought).
4.2 To relieve, or assist in the relief of, poverty or financial hardship throughout the world, in particular but without limitation to the provision of funding for development projects, particularly projects or parts of projects with a strong engineering or technical component.
4.3 To advance education, in particular through providing funding in support of projects which develop capability in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Area of benefit
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