The President's Collections

The President of the Society makes an annual appeal for funds for the Charity on 1st November each year

Gilbert Davis, the first President, collected £12 in 1769. Almost a century later, in 1868, Lewis Fry was the first President to exceed £1000 with a collection of £1022. In the last 20 years however more than £1.3 million has been raised through the Presidents' collections.

These funds have been used to pump prime development of various functional properties, such as New Anchor House in Knowle, the Southlands Day Centre,   the Colliers Garden Day Care facility in Fishponds, in conjunction with Brunelcare and Lincoln's Gardens flats at Lawrence Hill Bristol with Guinness Trust. The Society relies entirely on the generosity of donors to the Presidents' annual collections to finance its work.

Through the generosity of past supporters the Society is fortunate to receive legacies on a regular basis.

In the constantly changing climate of care provision, the Society keeps under review the investment made to ensure best value is achieved.

The accounts of the Society are available through the following link:

www.charitycommission.com

How is the money spent?

The Society seeks a social return for the money invested in pump priming functional facilities.

In addition, it supports homes construction on the basis of recycling the funds provided over the life-cycle of the buildings.

The Society funds annuities and grants for emergency repairs and loans.

The Society also operates a befriending service. 

Specific Legacy

I GIVE free of tax to THE ANCHOR SOCIETY of

(registered charity number 208756) the sum of (INSERT Amount) POUNDS (£INSERT figure) and I express the wish (but without imposing any binding obligation) that the money be used for the general purposes of the society.

AND I DIRECT that the receipt of anyone purporting to be the Treasurer or other proper officer of the charity to which any gift is made by (or under any provision of) this Will or any Codicil to it shall be a good discharge to my Trustees for the gift AND IFbefore my death (or after my death but before my Trustees have given effect to the gift) any charitable or other body to which a gift is made by the Will or any Codicil to it has changed its name or amalgamated with any other body or transferred all its assets to any other body then my Trustees shall give effect to the gift as if it were a gift to the body in its changed name or to the body which results from the amalgamation or to the body to which the assets have been transferred

Residue

I GIVE all the residue of my estate (out of which shall be paid my funeral testamentary and administration expenses and debts and other liabilities) (and any property over which I have at my death any general power of appointment) to THE ANCHOR SOCIETY of 29 Alma Vale Road Clifton Bristol BS8 2HL (registered charity number 208756)

I DIRECT that the receipt of anyone purporting to be the Treasurer or other proper officer of the charity to which any gift is made by (or under any provision of) this Will or any Codicil to it shall be a good discharge to my Trustees for the gift AND IFbefore my death (or after my death but before my Trustees have given effect to the gift) any charitable or other body to which a gift is made by the Will or any Codicil to it has changed its name or amalgamated with any other body or transferred all its assets to any other body then my Trustees shall give effect to the gift as if it were a gift to the body in its changed name or to the body which results from the amalgamation or to the body to which the assets have been transferred

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