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English: An Act to provide for the establishment and functions of the Charity Commission for England and Wales and the Charity Tribunal; to make other amendments of the law about charities, including provision about charitable incorporated organisations; to make further provision about public charitable collections and other fund-raising carried on in connection with charities and other ...
The Charities Act 2006 (c. 50) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom intended to alter the regulatory framework in which charities operate, partly by amending the Charities Act 1993. The Act was mostly superseded by the Charities Act 2011 , which consolidates charity law in the UK.
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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... move to sidebar hide. Charities Act may refer to acts of legislatures in various ... Charities Act 2006 (c ...
Charitable Uses Act 1601; Charities (Amendment) Act 1995; Charities Act 2005; Charities Act 2006; Charities Act 2006 (Charitable Companies Audit and Group Accounts Provisions) Order 2008; Charities Act 2011; Charities Acts 1992
Many UK charities are also limited liability companies registered with Companies House, in this case the trustees are also directors of the company and their liability is limited. This is the preferred model if the charity owns property or employs people. The law on this in England changed considerably with the Charities Act of 2006.
Exempt charities are largely institutions of further and higher education, universities, industrial and provident societies, friendly societies, or national museums, that were established by Act of Parliament or by Royal Charter. These organisations are specified in schedule 3 to the Charities Act 2011.
Prior to the Charities Act 1960 (8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 58), this "failed purpose" situation was the only time when cy-pres could be applied; it required the original purpose to be impossible or impractical. With the 1960 Act (the relevant provisions of which are now included in the 1993 Act), cy-pres can be applied where the original purposes have: