Alan Edward Higgs was a businessman who became a multimillionaire mainly from his house building business inCoventry, as well as from other businesses inBirmingham,England.[1] He died in 1979, and because he thought that inherited wealth did more harm than good, he made provision for a charity to be created after his death to help deprived children fromCoventry and nearby localities.[2]
The Alan Edward Higgs Charity (sometimes incorrectly called the Alan Higgs Trust) benefited from Higgs's entire estate of approximately £26 million.[3] It was set up specifically to help deprived children from Coventry. Higgs's sonDerek Higgs, who was knighted in 2004, and his daughter became the trustees.[1][4]
The charity has given millions of pounds to good causes over the years.[1] It gave the money to buildThe Alan Higgs Centre, a leisure centre in southeast Coventry,[5] and partly owned theRicoh Arena.
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