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Reference
(The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CUST 156
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Title
(The name of the record)
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Charitable Funds Administered by HM Customs and Excise: Unregistered Files
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Date
(When the record was created)
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1866-1999
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Description
(What the record is about)
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These series contains records relating to various charitable funds that were either administered by HM Customs and Excise and its predecessors or benefited the families of former Customs officers.
Including:
- William Marsh Charity.
- Customs and Excise, Orphans, Widows and War Memorial Fund; the records for this charity date from the mid-nineteenth century and reflect its day-to-day running.
- A small number of papers relating to a various charitable activities; for instance, donations made during the First World War to the Red Cross and the setting up of a charity in honour of Customs men who died in 1934.
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Arrangement
(Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The records fall into two categories: those pertaining to the William Marsh Charity and those that record other charitable works administered by HM Customs and Excise. The records in each group have been presented in chronological order, with those recording the William Marsh Charity presented first.
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Held by
(Who holds the record)
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The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status
(A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language
(The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s)
(The creator of the record)
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- Board of Customs and Excise, 1909-2005
- William Marsh Charity, 1713-1996
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Physical description
(The amount and form of the record)
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38 files and volumes
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Access conditions
(Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition
(When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2022 HM Revenue and Customs
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Subjects
(Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
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Charities
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Taxation
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Conflict
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Children
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Operations, battles and campaigns
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Accumulation dates
(The dates the record was accumulated)
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File series began in 1885
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Accruals
(Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No further accruals are anticipated.
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Selection and destruction information
(Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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These records were selected on the basis that they reflect the economic, social and demographic condition of the UK, as documented by the state's dealings with individuals, communities and organisations outside its own formal boundaries (2.2.2.1 of PRO's acquisition policy).
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Administrative / biographical background
(Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The William Marsh Charity was named after its benefactor, an eighteenth century Customs Officer who bequeathed money to set up a charity for the benefit of orphans and widows of former Customs officers. In the mid-1990s Customs and Excise decided to merge the William Marsh Charity with the Customs and Excise, Orphans, Widows and War Memorial Fund.
The records were administered by the Family Fund.
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Record URL
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15857/
