Broadway United Charities

Broadway United Charities (BUC)

Registered Charity No.227676

is an active local organisation providing help and grants to local Broadway people.

​For nearly 300 years the charity and its forerunners have provided a conduit for Broadway people to express their gratitude for living in such a beautiful place and to help their less fortunate neighbours. The charity is run by volunteers and always welcomes bequests and requests for help.

​The charity is an amalgamation of several bequests which have been made over the years, the most significant of which was the Sir Archibald Dennis Flower Trust which had purchased the Almshouses (5, 7 & 9 The Green) in 1939. These cottages are now administered by the Trustees of BUC.

The Trustees are authorised to make modest payments from the income of the charity, in various circumstances.

​The assets of the Trust have arisen mainly as a result of generous bequests and legacies, over many years.  If you would be prepared to make a donation, or remember BUC in your will, the Treasurer is able to give details of how such arrangements can be made.

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Objectives

In 1965 the Charity Commissioners approved a scheme to administer all the ‘Broadway’ charities under the title of ‘Broadway United Charities’ and the funds were to be used for the general benefit of the poor of the parish. It included a long list of benefits, including gifts of coal!

In 1996 a resolution was passed which enabled the Trust to provide funds, items, services or facilities which may be calculated to reduce the needs, hardship or distress of persons registered in the parish of Broadway.

Today, the charity is listed by the Charities Commission as ‘providing subsidised housing, assisting the underprivileged and helping educational needs’.

Recent examples include:

Youth Charities and Broadway Schools

Individual educational grants,

subsistence and emergency funds

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Requests

The Trustees are authorised to make appropriate payments from the funds.

If you, or a friend, have a need which you feel may be covered by the charity’s objectives, please contact the Treasurer.

The charity’s income is not large, but all requests will be considered and treated in a confidential manner.

Face to face meetings are held at the Signpost office.

​Write to Mr. Kevin Beasley (Treasurer) c/o 59 Morris Road, Broadway WR12 7RD