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The Hunt Servants' Fund

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
229974
Status
Registered
Registered
Dec. 17, 1963
Legal form
Other
Area of benefit
Not Defined

Address

Address
OVERLEY BARN
DAGLINGWORTH
CIRENCESTER
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
GL7 7HX

Contact

Phone
01285653001
Email
[email protected]

Activities

The objects of the Charity are to promote education and training and to relieve poverty amongst Hunt Servants, their spouses, widows, widowers, children and remoter issue. Income is generated by donations, legacies and fund raising events.

Objects: 1(I) UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE SAME AS TO BOTH CAPITAL AND INCOME EITHER:(A) TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND TRAINING: (I) AMONG HUNT SERVANTS AND THOSE INTENDING TO WORK AS SUCH; OR (II) IN RELATION TO MATTERS CONCERNING THE COUNTRYSIDE AND THE ENVIRONMENT WHETHER BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT; OR (B) FOR THE RELIEF OF: (I) POVERTY; OR (II) THOSE IN NEED (WHICH IT IS CHARITABLE AT LAW TO RELIEVE) ARISING BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE AMONGST HUNT SERVANTS, THEIR SPOUSES, WIDOWS, WIDOWERS, CHILDREN AND REMOTER ISSUE, PERSONS LIVING WITH A HUNT SERVANT WHO HAVE LIVED WITH HIM OR HER FOR TWO YEARS AS HIS OR HER WIFE OR HUSBAND, AND PERSONS WHO LIVED WITH A HUNT SERVANT AS HIS OR HER WIFE OR HUSBAND FOR THE TWO YEARS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THAT HUNT SERVANTãS DEATH IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY THINK FIT.1(II) WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE TRUSTEES MAY APPLY THE TRUST FUND FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OR SUCH NEED AMONGST SUCH PERSONS IN ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS:-(A) IN MAKING PERIODICAL PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH PERSONS;(B) IN PURCHASING OR PROVIDING LIVING ACCOMMODATION AND PERMITTING SUCH PERSONS TO LIVE THEREIN EITHER FREE OR UPON SUCH TERMS (IF ANY) AS TO PAYMENT OF RENT, RATES AND OUTGOINGS AND AS TO REPAIR AS THE TRUSTEES HAVING REGARD TO THE MEANS OF SUCH PERSONS MAY THINK FIT;(C) IN PROVIDING FOOD, CLOTHES AND OTHER NECESSITIES OF LIFE FOR SUCH PERSONS;(D) IN PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE OR HOME CARE FOR SUCH PERSONS;(E) IN PAYING FOR THE FUNERAL EXPENSES OF SUCH PERSONS; OR(F) IN PROVIDING FUNDING TO THE BENEVOLENT FUND OF THE HUNT STAFF BENEFIT SOCIETY, A FRIENDLY SOCIETY REGISTERED UNDER NUMBER 698F, TO BE APPLIED SOLELY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE TRUST FUND ITSELF MAY BE APPLIED.1(III) ¶HUNT SERVANTS÷ MEANS PERSONS (WHETHER RETIRED OR NOT) WHO ARE OR HAVE AT ANY TIME BEEN IN FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT WITH ONE OR MORE PACK OR PACKS OF HOUNDS.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations
What
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Amateur Sport
Who
Other Defined Groups

Areas of operation

Country
Northern Ireland, Scotland

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2024 £320,749 £124,176
Dec. 31, 2023 £110,787 £111,436
Dec. 31, 2022 £99,496 £112,413
Dec. 31, 2021 £135,739 £104,032
Dec. 31, 2020 £196,046 £93,445

Trustees

Name Appointed
Major Timothy Robert Easby (Chair) Oct. 24, 2013
Alastair Ian Jackson Oct. 25, 2013
Henry John Mowbray Berkeley Jan. 1, 2025
Robin Greenwood
Rose Amelia Vestey Oct. 24, 2013
Robert McCarthy Jan. 1, 2025