This booklet gives guidance to the trustees of grant making charities for the relief of sickness, including charities for the relief of convalescent persons, people with disabilities, the infirm and the sick poor. Meaning of words and expressions used in this booklet 2. It may be a trust deed, constitution, memorandum and articles of association, will, conveyance, Royal Charter, or Scheme of the Commissioners. It must be held permanently, sometimes to be used in furthering the charity's purposes, sometimes to produce an income for the charity. The trustees cannot normally spend permanent endowment without our authority.
Trustees means charity trustees.
Charity trustees are the people who, under the charity's governing document, are responsible for the general control and management of the administration of the charity. In the charity's governing document they may be referred to as trustees, managing trustees, committee members, governors or directors, or by some other title. The 1993 Act means the Charities Act 1993. Must is used to refer to actions that trustees, or their agents or employees, are obliged to take by law. Recommend or advise are used where we are suggesting to the trustees actions which we consider to be good practice but which do not represent a legal requirement.