The Charity Commission has published a new model constitution for use by small, unincorporated charities having an income under £5,000, i.e. those which are too small to be required to register with the Charity Commission.
To be eligible to use the constitution, charities must not hold land or have any employees and must be constituted as [...]

Posted: November 9th, 2009 under Charities and Social Enterprises Group.
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The Office of the Third Sector has today published its response to the Consultation on the Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
The consultation closed on 8 December 2008 and, since then, the OTS and the Charity Commission have continued work to finalise implementing legislation bringing into force the Charitable Incorporated Organisation as an alternative legal structure for charities, [...]

Posted: September 17th, 2009 under Charities and Social Enterprises Group.
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The Government has announced details of a £16.5 million fund aimed at encouraging voluntary sector organisations to merge and modernise.
The move forms part of the larger £42.5 million action plan, ‘Real Help for Communities: Volunteers, Charities and Social Enterprises’, to assist third sector organisations struggling in the current economic climate. It also follows on from [...]

Posted: March 12th, 2009 under Charities and Social Enterprises Group, Corporate Finance.
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