The Distributors of the Booth Charities

The Distributors of the Booth Charities were originally the Churchwarden of the Parish Church of Manchester elected for Salford, and the 2 constables of the borough of Salford. However, the Booth Charities Act of 1846 updated the administration of the Charities, and thereby improved their management. This Act united and incorporated the Trustees of the Charities of Humphrey Booth the Elder and the Younger, and led to more direct involvement by the town council (which had been created by the incorporation of Salford in 1844). The income of the Charities was now directed to the mayor of Salford, the Senior Alderman of the Crescent Ward and the Churchwarden. The early twentieth century saw another reorganisation of the body of Distributors following the 1904 Scheme under the Salford Corporation Act of 1897, which enabled the Charities to include the townships of Pendleton and Broughton in their jurisdiction.