The Fishmongers' Company's Fisheries Charitable Trust

Constitutional objectives

THE Trustee shall stand possessed of the Trust Fund and the income thereof UPON TRUST to payor apply the said income and also if and so often as the Trustee thinks fit the whole or such part or parts of the capital of the Trust Fund as the Trustee shall in its absolute discretion think fit for such exclusively charitable purposes for the benefit of the public as shall be associated with fish and shellfish to include in particular (but without limitation) the following: (A) The advancement of education on matters related to fish and fisheries, such as the conservation of fish and their habitats and the dietary effects of eating fish, including by research into fish and fisheries and related matters (and the publication or dissemination of the useful results of such research). (B) The conservation of the natural habitats and environment that support healthy fish and fish stocks. (C) The preservation and protection of public health in one or more of the following ways: (i) Exercising for the public benefit the right to search and inspect conferred by the Charter of the Trustee. (ii) Advancing medical and other research in the field of fish and shellfish poisoning and disseminating the results of such research to the public in the United Kingdom. (iii) Promoting the health of the community by disseminating to the public and to public health officers in all parts of the United Kingdom information directed to the prevention of diseases attributable to the eating of fish and shellfish. (iv) Collecting and disseminating to the public in the United Kingdom useful information and knowledge concerning fish and shellfish. (D) The support of the work of other charities and (in so far as such work is charitable) other organisations associated with fish and fisheries.