Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 24 NOVEMBER 1881 AND RULES AS AMENDED JUNE 1964, 13 JUNE 1981, 13 JUNE 1983, 12 JUNE 1995, 9 JUNE 2001, 14 JUNE 2003 AND 11 JUNE 2005
AS AMENDED ON 10 JUN 2016
Charitable objects
WITH A VIEW TO CONSOLIDATING THE FELLOWSHIP OF THOSE CALLED TO BE LOCAL PREACHERS AND TO GIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PRACTICAL EXPRESSION OF THE SPIRIT OF MUTUAL AID AND GOODWILL: (A) TO AFFORD FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO NECESSITOUS LOCAL PREACHERS AND TO NECESSITOUS WIDOWS OR DEPENDANTS OF LOCAL PREACHER AND (B) TO ESTABLISH EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF A BODY SET UP FOR THAT PURPOSE, A HOME OR HOMES FOR THE TREATMENT OR CARE OF NECESSITOUS SICK, AGED OR INFIRM METHODIST LOCAL PREACHERS AND, SUBJECT THERETO, ADDITIONAL ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES AND THEIR DEPENDANTS, AND FOR THE NECESSITOUS WIDOWS, WIDOWERS OR DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED METHODIST LOCAL PREACHERS AND, SUBJECT THERETO, ADDITIONAL ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES