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The Master’s Year

We were very pleased grant Mr Exford, who has spent many years in housing
and construction and was our Guest of Honour at our recent Installation Dinner,
Honorary Membership of the Company and present him with his framed
certificate of membership.

We were also very honoured to welcome Sherriff Vincent Keaveny and his wife
Amanda to the Banquet, and to give him another cheque for £10,000 towards
the Sheriffs’ and Recorder’s Fund for the rehabilitation of offenders,
particularly into learning trade skills and taking up apprenticeships in
construction.

6 June was also the 75th anniversary of the D–Day Landings and Liveryman and RAF Officer Squadron Leader Mike Alden gave
a brief summary of the role of the Royal Air Force in that important phase of World War II.

The Concert Band of the Royal Marines Association played both during the reception and the dinner, after which we were
entertained by the stunning young violinist, Freya Goldmark.

Then, on 17 September 2019, 34 members of the Company attended Common Hall (our AGM), which was held at Wax
Chandlers’ Hall, at which the Chairs of the various committees presented their reports, and the Gallant Clerk proposed the
Master, Wardens and Officers for 2019-20. Common Hall approved the proposals unanimously as they did the Gallant Clerk’s
request that the revised ordinances of the Company be endorsed to the Court of Aldermen.
Thus another formal year for the Worshipful Company of Constructors drew to a close.

Worshipful Company of Constructors’ Charitable Trust

The Worshipful Company of Constructors’ Charitable Trust is registered as a charity in England and Wales (No 274573). It was
formed in October 1988 as a requirement of the City for the Company of Constructors (then known as the Company of
Builders) to gain Livery status. A minimum capital of £100,000 was required before Livery status could be granted. The
charity is unincorporated and governed by a Charity Commission Scheme dated 31st July 2002 which replaced the former
trusts of the charity.

The charity’s objects, as set out in the Trust scheme, are:
1. to advance education, training and research in the construction industry (which shall include in particular, but not
exclusively, building, civil engineering, architecture, surveying, engineering services and facilities management and
procurement) in particular by awarding certificates, diplomas and other distinctions and establishing and maintaining
scholarships, grants and awards to individuals;

2. the relief of persons in need, hardship or distress who are members of the Company or their dependants. The Trustees
may relieve persons in need by making grants of money to them or providing or paying for goods, services or facilities
for them or making grants of money to other persons or bodies who provide goods, services or facilities to those in
need.

3. for other charitable purposes as the trustees may from time to time decide.
Under the revised Trust Deed all income is required to be disbursed or held in restricted funds for disbursement

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