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Charities Commission Document

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Sealed 12th January 1993

T5(S) County - Dorset

92 Place - Drimpton

Charities - 1. Drimpton and

District Village

Hall

2. Drimpton

Recreation Field

CD(T1)

301,111/1

Scheme including appointment of Trustees

 

CHARITY COMMISSION

 

In the matter of the following Charities, at Drimpton, in the County of Dorset:-

1. The Charity known as Drimpton and District Village Hall, regulated by declaration of trust dated the 9th January 1970, as altered by Orders made by the Secretary of State for Education and Science on the 1st October 1970 and the 17th December 1970;

2. The Charity known as Drimpton Recreation Field, regulated by declaration of trust dated the 23 rd August 1971; and in the matter of the Charities Act 1960.

 

THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES HEREBY ORDER

that the following Scheme be approved and established as the Scheme for the regulation of the above mentioned Charities:-

 

SCHEME

 

1. Administration of Charities. (1) The above-mentioned Charities and the property thereof specified in the schedule hereto and all other the property (if any) of the Charities shall be administered and managed together as one Charity (hereinafter referred to as the Charity) subject to and in conformity with the provisions of this Scheme by the Committee of Management (the Committee) hereinafter constituted as the charity trustees thereof within the meaning of section 46 of the Charities Act 1960.

(2) The name of the Charity shall be The Drimpton Hall and Recreation Trust or such other name as the Committee from time to time by resolution may decide with the prior approval of the Charity Commissioners.

(3) Until the end of the first Annual General Meeting to be held as hereinafter provided after the date of this Scheme the Charity shall be administered by the existing Trustees of the Charity numbered one above subject to and in accordance with the provisions of the Scheme.

 

OBJECT

2. Objective of Charity.

(1) The object of the Charity shall be the provision and maintenance of a village hall and a recreation ground for the use of the inhabitants of Drimpton (hereinafter called "the area of benefit") without distinction of political, religious or other opinions, including use for meetings, lectures and classes, and for other forms of recreation and leisure-time occupation, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.

(2) The said land and building shall be held upon trust for the object of the Charity.

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT

 

3. Constitution.

Subject as hereinafter provided, the Committee shall consist when complete of 15 persons (hereinafter

referred to as Members) being

 7 Elected Members and

 8 Representative Members.

4. Elected Members.

Subject as hereinafter provided for casual vacancies, the Elected Members shall be appointed at the Annual General Meeting to be held as hereinafter provided and shall hold office from the end of the Annual General Meeting at which they are appointed.

5. Representative Members.

(1) Two Representative Members shall be appointed by Broadwindsor Group Parish Council.

(2) One Representative Member shall be appointed by each of the following organisations:

Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St, Mary’s, Drimpton

Drimpton Dance Group

Drimpton Football Club

Drimpton Methodist Church

Drimpton Village Players

Drimpton Youth Club

(3) Each organisation shall notify the name of the person appointed by it to the secretary of the Committee.

(4) The appointment of a Representative Member may be made not more than one month before the Annual General Meeting and the term of office of a Representative Member so appointed shall commence at the end of that meeting.

(5) If an organisation entitled to appoint a Representative Member fails to do so within the said period of one month before the Annual General Meeting the appointment shall be made as soon as practicable after that meeting. The term of office of a Representative Member so appointed and of a Representative Member appointed to fill a casual vacancy shall commence on the day on which notification is received by the said secretary.

6. Co-opted Members. The Committee may appoint if they think fit not more than two Co-opted Members.

Each appointment of a Co-opted Member shall be made at a meeting of the Committee to take effect from the date of that meeting.

7. Termination of membership; (1) Any member who is adjudged bankrupt or makes a composition or arrangement with his or her creditors or who is incapacitated from acting or who communicates in writing to the Committee a wish to resign shall thereupon cease to take effect from the date of that meeting.

(2) All the Members shall retire from office together at the end of the Annual General Meeting next after the date on which they came into office but they may be re-elected or re-appointed.

8. Additional Representative Members. The Committee shall have power by a resolution passed at a duly constituted meeting by the votes of not less than two-thirds of the Members for the time being to allow the appointment of an additional Representative Member by any organisation in the area of benefit not already named in this Scheme.

9. Alteration to Constitution of Committee.

The constitution of the Committee as hereinbefore provided may on the application of the Committee be altered from time to time by Order of the Charity Commissioners.

10. Casual vacancies.

(1) Upon the occurrence of a casual vacancy the Committee shall cause a note thereof to be entered in their minute book at their next meeting and in the case of a vacancy in the office of Representative Member shall cause notice thereof to be given as soon as possible to the organisation entitled to fill the vacancy.

(2) A casual vacancy in the office of Elected Member may be filled at a meeting of the Committee to take effect from the date of that meeting.

11. Failure to appoint. The proceedings of the Committee shall not be invalidated by any vacancy among its Members or by any failure to appoint or any defect in the appointment or qualification of a Member.

12. Declaration by Members. No person shall be entitled to act as a Member whether on a first or on any subsequent entry into office until after signing in the minute book of the Committee a declaration of acceptance and of willingness to act in the trusts of this Scheme.

13. Members not to be personally interested. Except in special circumstances with the approval in writing of the Commissioners no Member shall take or hold any interest in any property belonging to the Charity otherwise than as a trustee for the purposes thereof, or receive any remuneration, or be interested in the supply of work or goods, at the cost of the Charity.

 

MEETINGS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE

 

14. Meetings of the Committee.

The Committee shall hold at least two ordinary meetings in each year. A special meeting may be summoned at any time by the chairman or by any two Members upon seven clear days’ notice being given to all the other Members of the matters to be discussed.

15. Chairman.

(1) At the first meeting in each year after the Annual General Meeting the Committee shall elect one of their number to be chairman of their meetings until the commencement of the first meeting after the Annual General Meeting in the following year and may also elect one of their number to be vice-chairman. The chairman and vice-chairman shall always be eligible for re-election.

(2) If the chairman and vice-chairman (if any) are absent from any meeting of the committee the Members shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting before any other business is transacted.

16. Voting. Except as hereinbefore provided every matter shall be determined by the majority of votes of the Members present and voting on the question but in the case of equality of votes the chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.

17. Minutes and accounts. A minute book and books of account shall be provided and kept by the Committee.

18. Rules. Within the limits prescribed by this Scheme the Committee from time to time make and alter rules for the conduct of their business and for the summoning and conduct of their meetings and in particular with reference to -

(1) The terms and conditions upon which the said building may be used for the purposes specified in the Scheme by persons or bodies other than the Committee and the sum (if any) to be paid for such use;

(2) The appointment of an auditor, treasurer and such other unpaid officers as the Committee may consider necessary and the fixing of their respective terms of office. -

(3) The engagement and dismissal of such paid officers and servants as the Committee may consider necessary; and

(4) The number of Members who shall form a quorum at meetings of the Committee, provided that the number of Members who shall form a quorum shall not be less than one-third of the total number of Members for the time being.

19. Sub-Committees.

The Committee may from time to time appoint or make provision for the appointment of such number of persons as they think fit, from amongst their number, to be a sub-committee or sub-committees for the purposes of the day to day administration and management of the Charity subject to such rules as the Committee may from time to time decide. All actions and proceedings of such sub-committees shall be reported in due course to the Committee.

 

INSURANCE

 

20. Insurance. The Committee shall insure the said building and the furniture and affects therein to the full value thereof against fire and other usual risks arising out of ownership of property and the employment of persons.

 

APPLICATION OF INCOME

 

21. Receipts and expenditure.

(1) The income of the Charity including all payments for the use of the said building and all donations for the benefit thereof shall be paid into a trust account at such bank as the Committee shall from time to time prescribe.

(2) The moneys standing to the credit of the said account shall be applied as the Committee shall decide in insuring as aforesaid, in maintaining and repairing the said building and the furniture and effects therein and in paying all rent (if any), rates taxes, salaries of paid officers and servants and other outgoings and in otherwise furthering the object of the Charity.

22. Surplus cash. Sums of cash at any time belonging to the Charity not needed for immediate working purposes shall be invested in trust for the Charity.

 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

23. Annual General Meeting; (1) Subject as hereinafter provided there shall be an Annual General Meeting in connection with the Charity which shall be held in the month of March in each year or as soon as practicable thereafter.

(2) All inhabitants of the area of benefit of 18 years of age and upward shall be entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting.

(3) The first Annual General Meeting after the date of this Scheme shall be convened by the Chairman in the month of January. Every subsequent Annual General Meeting shall be convened by the Committee in accordance with the provisions of sub-clause (1) above. ‘

.(4) Public notice of every Annual General Meeting shall be given in the area of benefit at least 14 days before the date thereof.

(5) Before any other business is transacted at the first Annual General Meeting after the date of this Scheme, the persons present thereat shall appoint a chairman of the meeting. The chairman of subsequent Annual General Meetings shall be the chairman for the time being of the Committee, but if he or she is not present, before any other business is transacted, the persons present shall appoint a chairman of the meeting.

(6) The Committee shall present to each Annual General Meeting the report and accounts of the Charity for the preceding year.

 

LETTING AND SALE

 

24. Letting.

Subject to the condition that the use of the remainder of the said land and building for the object of the Charity shall not be unduly interfered with, the Committee may let any part thereof not for the time being required for use for the said object but the Committee shall not without the sanction of the Commissioners or a competent court create any tenancy wholly or partly in consideration of a fine or for a term ending more than 22 years after it is granted or for less that the best rent obtainable.

25. If at any time the Committee decide that on the grounds of expense or otherwise it is necessary or advisable to discontinue the use of the whole or part of the said land and building for the purposes of a village hall, and that decision is confirmed by a resolution passed by a majority of the inhabitants of the area of benefit of 18 years of age and upward attending and voting at a meeting of which public notice has been given at a meeting of which public notice has been given in the area of benefit at least 14 days before the date thereof, the Committee may subject to the authority of a further Order or Orders of the Commissioners sell the said land and building or any part thereof and may do and execute all proper acts and assurances for carrying any such sale into effect.

26. Proceeds of sale.

(1) Unless the Commissioners otherwise direct the clear proceeds of any such sale as aforesaid shall be invested in trust for the Charity.

(2) Thereafter, the Committee shall apply the clear income and subject to the approval of the Commissioners the property of the Charity in furthering the object of the Charity or for such other charitable purposes for the general benefit of the inhabitants of the area of benefit as the Committee think fit.

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

27. Donations.

The Committee may accept any donations or property for the general purposes of the Charity and they may also accept donations or property for any special objects connected with the Charity not inconsistent with the provisions of this Scheme.

28. Questions-under Scheme.

Any question as to the construction of this Scheme or as to the regularity or the validity of any acts done or about to be done under this Scheme shall be determined by the Commissioners upon such application made to them for the purpose as they think sufficient.

 

SCHEDULE

 

Charity numbered 1 above

The following adjoining land situate at Drimpton, in the Parish of Broadwindsor in the County of Dorset:

Land having a frontage on the north to the road from Drimpton Cross to Drimpton of 80 feet or thereabouts being part of the land known as Broadmead and numbered 1033 on the Ordnance Survey map (1903 Second edition) subject to certain rights with the building thereon known as the Drimpton and District Village Hall being the land comprised in a conveyance made the 7th May 1924 between Fannie Jane Gale of the one part and Archibald Philip Douglas and two others of the other part.

Land having frontages on the north to the said road being part of the land numbered 1032 on the Ordnance Survey map (1929 edition) with the benefit of and subject to certain restrictive covenants, rights, easements and exceptions and reservations being the land comprised in a conveyance made the 26th June 1968 between Sydney Ralph Gale of the one part and Victor John Lewis Edwards and three others of the other part.

£1,531.31 cash on deposit with the National Savings Bank Investment Branch (Account No 138400023).

£2,158.05 cash on deposit with the Nationwide Anglia Building Society.

£120.14 cash on deposit account at the Crewkerne branch of Lloyds Bank Plc.

£335.28 cash on current account at the said branch of the last-mentioned bank.

Charity numbered 2 above

The following adjoining land situate at Drimpton, in the Parish of Broadwindsor in the said County being the land known as Drimpton Recreation Field:

Land containing 3 acres or thereabouts being part of the land numbered 1032 on the Ordnance Survey map (1929 edition) with the benefit of certain easements being the land comprised in a conveyance made the 29th July 1971 between Sydney Ralph Gale of the one part and Reginald Percy Biggs and two others of the other part.

2. Land situate at Drimpton Cross being a further part of the land numbered 1032 on the said map and being the land comprised in a conveyance made the 30th July 1971 between Cecil George Taylor of the one part and Reginald Percy Biggs and two others of the other part.

£165.55 cash on deposit account at the Crewkerne branch of Lloyds Bank Plc.

£30.05 cash on current account at the said branch of the said bank.

This schedule is made up to the 18th December 1992.

Note. 1. The land belonging to the Charity numbered 1 above was vested in the Official Custodian for Charities by an Order of the Charity Commissioners of the

2. The land belonging to the Charity numbered 2 above was vested in the said Official Custodian by an

Order of the Commissioners of the

Sealed by Order of the Commissioners this 12th day of January 1993

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