Charity Commission clears out dead wood on Register of Charities
April 2008
The Charity Commission is introducing new measures to ensure that charities that no longer operate are removed from the Register of Charities.
Charities that fail to provide evidence that they are still operating will, after a series of warnings, be removed from the Register
In the last year, 25% of charities on the register filed their accounts and returns late, i.e. more than ten months after their financial year end. 9,000 charities with a previous known income of more than £10,000 have not sent an annual return or accounts for the last financial year, 1,200 of which have not sent an annual return or accounts for more than six years.
Andrew Hind, the Commission's Chief Executive, told Caritas magazine: ‘The Register of Charities has to be up to date and the public need to have faith in its accuracy. Charities hardly exist under an intolerable burden of regulation and smaller charities, particularly, have seen a significant reduction in the amount of information they provide. Still-active charities must take their reporting obligations seriously and those which are defunct need to be removed - the register is a living record, not a repository for non-existent organisations.
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