What are the charity law changes which will impact your
organisation?
Certain aspects of charity law apply to all RPs having
charitable status, while RPs which are registered with the Charity
Commission must comply with the entirety of charity
law.1 Therefore, the recent and potential changes
outlined here will be of interest to the majority of RPs.
The Charities Act 2006 (the Act), which applies in England and
Wales, received Royal Assent on 8 November 2006. Since that date
there have been 17 related Statutory Instruments either enacting
various parts of the Act or amending the Act. Yet despite this
storm of change, the Act has yet to be fully enacted, with sections
relating to charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs) and the
licensing regime for charitable fundraising yet to come into
effect. Some smaller RPs are constituted as charitable trusts and
might – in the future – find CIO an attractive
legal form. For other RPs, CIOs may represent an alternative to
