Governing document THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
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
NATIONAL
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