We need to find out (from our lawyer or from the Charities commission) if object e) would rule out our registration as a charity and if objects a) to d) give us implicit permission to campaign as an ancillary purpose without stating this. An alternative would be to make sure we have a catch all object "to engage in any activity to further the ..." if this is permitted.
Andreww
On 12/14/05, Cormac Lawler cormaggio@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/14/05, Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
The current set of objects (a) to (e) has the following (final) object:
e) to campaign if necessary against impediments and restrictions to the above goals, wheresoever enacted, in the United Kingdom or overseas.
But the Charities Commission guidelines at
http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/publications/cc9.asp
state:
- However, where the campaign or other activity is of a political
nature (ie seeking to advocate or oppose a change in the law or public policy), charity trustees must ensure that these activities do not become the dominant means by which they carry out the purposes of the charity. These activities must remain incidental or ancillary to the charity's purposes.
Does the fact that one of our five objects (and a reference to the other four) give us explicit campaigning purpose and as hence as at odds with the above clause? See also the rest of "CC9"
CC9 - Campaigning and Political Activities by Charities (Version - September 2004)
I haven't read the above document(s), but the reason for this suggestion was that *if* we ever felt the need to campaign for a change in the law (in the UK or abroad), having this explicitly stated in the objects would allow us to do it. Campaigning will not be our predominant activity, so I still think we fit within the Charity Commision's guidelines.
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