1. The objectives of the Company shall be:
(a) To promote, support and encourage standards of excellence, integrity and honourable practice in conducting the profession of security practitioners and to aid societies and other organizations connected to such profession.
(b) To promote and uphold the established honourable traditions of the security profession.
(c) To encourage the advancement of knowledge of security practice.
(d) To afford a means of professional and social intercourse and the exchange of information between members of the Company, security providers, and those who benefit from security provision.
(e) To administer benevolence and relief to any necessitous members, other current or ex security practitioners, or the immediate family of such members or practitioners, and to support and participate in such other charitable activities as shall be considered appropriate for the Company.
(f) To encourage education in matters relating to the profession and practice of security.
(g) To raise public awareness of the charitable endeavours performed by the Company
(h) To foster recognition of the honourable profession of security within the City of London and elsewhere and to participate with other Companies and Guilds of the City.
(i) To apply (when to the Court of the Company the time shall seem meet) to her Majesty in Council for a Charter of Incorporation.
(j) To support the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Shrievalty and Commonalty and all worthy objects of the Livery of the City of London.

2. In furtherance of the said objectives and intentions but not in any way in limitation thereof the Company may:
(a) Create and accumulate funds for the benefit of members of the Company and apply the same for purposes of advancement of the interests of the Company and its members.
(b) Create and accumulate funds for the relief of necessitous members and other security professionals, students for the profession, their spouses, widows, widowers, children or other dependants and for education in matters relating to the profession and practice of security and for scholarships, prizes and research in connection therewith and for any other charitable purposes.
(c) Help to maintain the ancient and traditional privileges and freedoms of the City of London and support the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, the Court of Aldermen and the Companies and Guilds of the City of London generally, and specifically in matters relating to security.
(d) Promote, administer, co-ordinate and contribute to any charitable organization or funds whose objects are to assist deserving persons.
(e) Acknowledge such persons or organizations who the Company deems to have promoted the security profession to an exceptional level of public awareness and to donate to any such person or organization an award, to be decided and presented by the Company, at a ceremony.
(f) Borrow, receive and accept and utilize any monies, securities, chattels or property whether real or personal of any kind and to apply the same for the furtherance of the aims of the Company.
(g) Purchase or take on lease, hire or otherwise acquire and maintain a hall within the City of London, or an institute, library, museum or other building or premises and any real or personal property within or without the City of London for the furtherance of the aims of the Company.
(h) Take out any insurance policies and bonds.
(i) Accept any securities or trusts for the above purposes.
(j) Do all things incidental or conducive to the objectives aforesaid or any of them including the making of rules and procedures.

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