13 Public benefit

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CHARITIES AND CHARITABLE GIVING vol 6(2)

13 Public benefit

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It is a universal rule of charity law that a trust or other organisation must always be for the public benefit if it is to be charitable¹. When determining charitable status, the courts or the Charity Commission, having established that there is a potentially charitable purpose, must go on to ask whether or not that purpose is for the benefit

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(1) FORMATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF CHARITIES

14 ‘Private charities’

15 Rule against perpetuities

16 Permanent endowment

17 Cy-près doctrine

18 Duration of charitable trusts: continuance of charity once established

19 A charity’s constitution

20 Introduction

21 Form of organisation

22 Declaration of trust

23 Limited liability company

24 Unincorporated association

25 Charitable incorporated organisation

26 Trust property

27 Merger of charities

28 The register

29 Registration of small charities

30 Formalities of registration

31 Application for registration

32 Duties of charity trustees on registration

33 Exempt and excepted charities