Register of Charities - The Charity Commission THE SECKFORD ENDOWMENT

Charity number: 1110964-1
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Governing document
SCHEME OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS DATED 1 SEPTEMBER 2005 AND RESOLUTION DATED 15 JUNE 2010 MADE UNDER SECTION 75A OF THE CHARITIES ACT 1993 AS AMENDED BY CHARITIES ACT 2006.
Charitable objects
(A) THE RELIEF OF CHARITABLE NEEDS ARISING AS A RESULT OF AGE, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY OR OTHERWISE AS THE TRUSTEE THINKS FIT AND PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSES FOR THE RESIDENCE OF PERSONS (OR MARRIED COUPLES) WHO ARE NOT LESS THAN FIFTY YEARS OF AGE AND WHO RESIDE WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT; SAVE THAT THE TRUSTEE MAY, IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, APPOINT A RESIDENT WHO LIVES OUTSIDE THE AREA OF BENEFIT BUT IS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED. THE TRUSTEE MUST RECORD THE EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE MINUTES. THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS APPOINTED UNDER THIS SUB-CLAUSE MUST NOT EXCEED ONE-THIRD OF THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS AT ANY ONE TIME; (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION (INCLUDING ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION) AS THE TRUSTEE THINKS FIT AND PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION AND CONDUCT AT WOODBRIDGE OF A DAY SCHOOL OR A BOARDING SCHOOL FOR THE EDUCATION OF BOYS AND GIRLS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRADITION AND VALUES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND BY ANCILLARY OR INCIDENTAL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY, AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES AND GRANTS, AND PAYMENTS TO CLERKENWELL PAROCHIAL CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL AND OTHER CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOLS; (C) THE MAINTENANCE OF SERVICES OF WORSHIP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRADITIONS AND VALUES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE ALMSHOUSE CHAPEL AND THE SCHOOL CHAPEL OF THE CHARITY; AND (D) THE CARE AND UPBRINGING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF SPECIALIST ADVICE AND COUNSELLING TO FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS, THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND SERVICES INCLUDING CARE CENTRES, AND THE MAKING OF GRANTS.
Area of benefit
A RADIUS OF 65 KILOMETRES SURROUNDING THE TOWN OF WOODBRIDGE.
Registration history
  • 03 September 1980: Standard registration
Other names
  • THE SECKFORD FOUNDATION (Previous name)
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