Governing document
DEED OF SETTLEMENT DATED 12 JANUARY 1872, DEED OF INCORPORATION 12 AUGUST 1873, ORDER OF 28 MARCH 1907, 21 DECEMBER 1928, SCHEME OF 7 NOVEMBER 1986, SCHEME OF 19 AUGUST 1996 AND RESOLUTION OF 20 NOVEMBER 2017
Charitable objects
RELIEF AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS WHO ARE EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED, DEPRIVED, SICK, NEGLECTED OR OTHERWISE IN NEED OF CARE, WITH SPECIAL REGARD FOR THE NEEDS OF GIRLS AND, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, THE PROVISION FOR THE RECEPTION AND BENEFIT OF SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS OF A VOLUNTARY HOME OR HOMES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE CHILD CARE ACT 1980 AS AMENDED OR REPLACED FROM TIME TO TIME OR OF A SPECIAL SCHOOL WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE EDUCATION ACTS 1944-1981 AS AMENDED OR REPLACED FROM TIME TO TIME.