Catalogue description Charitable Funds Administered by HM Customs and Excise: Unregistered Files

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Details of CUST 156
Reference: CUST 156
Title: Charitable Funds Administered by HM Customs and Excise: Unregistered Files
Description:

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.

Date: 1866-1996
Arrangement:

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.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Board of Customs and Excise, 1909-2005

William Marsh Charity, 1713-1996
Physical description: 35 files and volumes
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

[From 2003] Board of Customs and Excise
Accumulation dates: File series were accumulated from 1885 to 1996
Selection and destruction information: 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).
Accruals: No further accruals are anticipated
Administrative / biographical background:

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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