Constitution of Kent Underground Research Group as amended on September 23rd
2018 as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation with voting members other than its
charity trustees
1. Name
The name of the Charitable Incorporated Organisation is
Kent Underground Research Group
2. National location of principal office
27 Red House Lane, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 8JF
3. Objects
The objects of the CIO are:-
To study the origins, history, and uses of underground sites and associated surface features
especially but not exclusively in the ancient county of Kent. To disseminate the knowledge acquired
by means of publications and lectures. To provide specialist and practical advice to those affected by
said features.

Nothing in this constitution shall authorise an application of the property of the CIO for the purposes
which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment.
4. Powers
The CIO has power to do anything which is calculated to further its objects or is conducive or
incidental to doing so. In particular the CIO’s powers include power to:
(1) borrow money and to charge the whole or any part of its property as security for the
repayment of the money borrowed. The CIO must comply as appropriate with sections 124
and 125 of the Charities Act 2011 if it wishes to mortgage land;
(2) buy, take on lease or in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire any property and to maintain and
equip it for use;
(3) sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the property belonging to the CIO. In
exercising this power, the CIO must comply as appropriate with sections 117 and 119-123 of
the Charities Act 2011;
(4) employ and remunerate such staff as are necessary for carrying out the work of the CIO. The
CIO may employ or remunerate a charity trustee only to the extent that it is permitted to do so
by clause 6 (Benefits and payments to charity trustees and connected persons) and provided
it complies with the conditions of those clauses;
(5) deposit or invest funds, employ a professional fund-manager, and arrange for the investments
or other property of the CIO to be held in the name of a nominee, in the same manner and
subject to the same conditions as the trustees of a trust are permitted to do by the Trustee
Act 2000.

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5. Application of income and property
(1) The income and property of the CIO must be applied solely towards the promotion of the
objects.
(a) A charity trustee is entitled to be reimbursed from the property of the CIO or may pay
out of such property reasonable expenses properly incurred by him or her when acting
on behalf of the CIO.
(b) A charity trustee may benefit from trustee indemnity insurance cover purchased at the
CIO’s expense in accordance with, and subject to the conditions in, section 189 of the
Charities Act 2011.
(2) None of the income or property of the CIO may be paid or transferred directly or indirectly by
way of dividend, bonus or otherwise by way of profit to any member of the CIO. This does not
prevent a member who is not also a charity trustee receiving:
(a) a benefit from the CIO as a beneficiary of the CIO;
(b) reasonable and proper remuneration for any goods or services supplied to the CIO.
(3) Nothing in this clause shall prevent a charity trustee or connected person receiving any benefit
or payment which is authorised by Clause 6.
6. Benefits and payments to charity trustees and connected persons
(1) General provisions
No charity trustee or connected person may:
(a) buy or receive any goods or services from the CIO on terms preferential to those
applicable to members of the public;
(b) sell goods, services, or any interest in land to the CIO;
(c) be employed by, or receive any remuneration from, the CIO;
(d) receive any other financial benefit from the CIO;
unless the payment or benefit is permitted by sub-clause (2) of this clause, or authorised by the court or
the prior written consent of the Charity Commission (“the Commission”) has been obtained. In this
clause, a “financial benefit” means a benefit, direct or indirect, which is either money or has a monetary
value.
(2) Scope and powers permitting trustees’ or connected persons’ benefits
(a) A charity trustee or connected person may receive a benefit from the CIO as a
beneficiary of the CIO provided that a majority of the trustees do not benefit in this way.
(b) A charity trustee or connected person may enter into a contract for the supply of
services, or of goods that are supplied in connection with the provision of services, to the
CIO where that is permitted in accordance with, and subject to the conditions in, section
185 to 188 of the Charities Act 2011.
(c) Subject to sub-clause (3) of this clause a charity trustee or connected person may