Welcome to the site
Possibly you have arrived here as you have been asked to serve on the committee of a UK charity or you may already sit on the committee of a charity.
If either of the above are true it’s also extremely likely that the legal responsibilities of charity committee members have not been fully explained. Often because the charity’s management don’t know themselves or, more likely, it to be of no importance.
We hope this site will give some guidance on the responsibilities your role entails.
Charity Legislation
The relevant legislation is the Charities Act 1993, as amended by the Charities Act 2006 which set out the legal framework for the running of charities.
What is a trustee?
The Trustee Act 2000 sets out the main duties and powers of the trustees of unincorporated charities. The Trustees responsibilities are enshrined in law which cannot be taken away by individual officers of your charity or by resolutions passed by the charity's...
Charity Commission
Rightly or wrongly the Commission is considered a rather toothless tiger. Probably this is not entirely justified, there are just so many charities in the country from ultra small to ultra large. There are reckoned to be over 200,000 registered charities in the UK...