 When deciding if a gift has failed , attention is first turned to the wording of the trust instrument . The terms of such documents are taken literally ; if a particular organisation or purpose is given , the settlor 's intention is considered to be no wider or narrower than this . A different approach is used when dealing with cases like Re Faraker , which dealt with a situation where the charity named in the gift had been amalgamated with others . The Court of Appeal held that the amalgamated charities were entitled to the gift , since the charity named effectively continued as part of the amalgamated one . Farwell LJ wrote that , " In all these cases one has to consider not so much the means to the end as the charitable end which is in view , and so long as the charitable end is well established the means are only machinery , and no alteration of the machinery can destroy the charitable trust for the benefit of which the machinery is provided . " 
