The Charity Commission - how to complain


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The Charity Commission - how to complain


Published by a UUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ Private Client expert

Practice notes
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FORTHCOMING CHANGE: The Charities Act 2022 (CA 2022) received Royal assent on 24 February 2022 and the plan, as set out in Charities Act 2022: implementation plan is for its provisions to come into force in three defined groups over three stages, on 31 October 2022, on 14 June 2023 and in ‘early 2024’.

For a summary of the provisions in CA 2022 which have been implemented so far, see: Charities Act 2022: information about the changes being introduced.

CA 2022 implements the majority of the recommendations from the 2017 Law Commission report, ‘Technical Issues in charity ³¢²¹·É’. For a summary (as at 9 April 2021) of the recommendations that have been accepted, see News Analysis: Government response to Law Commission report ‘Technical Issues in Charity ³¢²¹·É’.

The charity commission is the regulatory body for in excess of 160,000 charities with a combined annual gross income of over £50 billion. It's area of operations is confined to England and Wales. In Scotland similar functions to the Charity Commission are performed by the Office

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