# LAW MEMORIAL HOUSES, BISHOPS TAWTON

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1212799
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** April 2, 2025
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1212799


## Contact

- **Address:** THE MEETING ROOM, LAW MEMORIAL HOUSES, BISHOPS TAWTON, BARNSTAPLE
- **Postcode:** EX32 0AG
- **Phone:** 07817710131
- **Email:** clerk.lawmemorialhouses@gmail.com



## Activities

**Objects:** (1) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, WITH A PREFERENCE FOR SUCH PERSONS WHO ARE AGED 55 AND ABOVE AND ARE RESIDENTS OF OR REGISTERED AS LIVING IN THE PARISH OF BISHOP'S TAWTON, NORTH DEVON, BY THE PROVISION OF HOUSING;(2) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE ACCOMMODATION PROVIDED BY THE CIO OR A SUFFICIENT SECTION OF THEM IN SUCH MANNER AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT ;(3) TO PAY THE COSTS OF REPAIRING AND MAINTAINING THE FOLLOWING MEMORIALS IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF BISHOP'S TAWTON:(A) A TABLET ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE SAID CHURCH IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM HENRY LAW;(B) A TABLET ON THE SAID WALL IN MEMORY OF THOMAS SHEPHARD LAW;(C) A TABLET ON THE SAID WALL IN MEMORY OF MARY JANE LAW;(D) A STAINED GLASS WINDOW IN THE WEST WALL OF THE NORTH AISLE OF THE SAID CHURCH PROVIDED BY THE SAID MARY JANE LAW.

**Activities:** Provide licensed almshouse accommodation to people with restricted personal finances in North Devon. Primarily those aged over 55, but consideration is given to those fulfilling other residency criteria set out in governing documents. Care is not provided as residents live independently. Associated charity providing small education grants to local groups.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Devon




## Trustees

- **Mark Berry** (Chair) — appointed April 2, 2025
- Beverley Allingham — appointed April 2, 2025
- Jeremy Mann — appointed April 2, 2025
- Matthew Roy Collins — appointed April 2, 2025
- Susan Evelyn Hilsdon — appointed April 2, 2025