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Memorandum and Articles of Association

MIDLAND AND GREAT NORTHERN JOINT RAILWAY SOCIETY
 

Incorporated on 17 April 1997

Company Number: 3355411

The Companies Acts 1985 to 1989

A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital

1. The name of the Company (hereinafter called "the Society") is "MIDLAND AND GREAT NORTHERN JOINT RAILWAY SOCIETY".
2. The Society's registered office is to be situated in England and Wales.
3. The Society's objects are to advance public education by the acquisition, restoration, preservation and exhibition of railway locomotives, carriages, rolling stock, equipment, artefacts, documents and records, together with appropriate land, buildings and structures and in particular those of the former Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway;
In furtherance of the above objects but not further or otherwise the Society shall have the following powers:
(a) To purchase, hire, take on loan or otherwise acquire any such items as aforesaid and to undertake or assist in the maintenance, repair, restoration and renovation of such items, whether or not they belong to or are for the time being held by the Society, and to promote and encourage the exhibition and maintenance of such items for the public benefit.
(b) To undertake and facilitate historical, scientific, social, topographical and other aspects of research concerning the former Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway and other railways, to catalogue, collect, collate and disseminate information relating thereto by publishing and/or distributing magazines, periodicals, books, pictures, photographs, films, video recordings and similar articles relevant to these objects.
(c) Subject to such consents as may be required by law, to borrow and raise money for the furtherance of the objects of the Society in such manner and on such security as the Society may think fit.
(d) To raise funds and to invite and receive contributions from any person or persons whatsoever by way of subscription, donation or otherwise provided that this shall be without prejudice to the ability of the Society to disclaim any gift, legacy or bequest in whole or in part in such circumstances as the Society may think fit and provided also that the Society shall not undertake any permanent trading activities in raising funds for the above mentioned charitable objects.
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