Charities, A Briefing For Charitable Organisations. In Over Your Head?

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Charities, A Briefing For Charitable Organisations. In Over Your Head?

LESSONS LEARNT - PUBLIC BENEFIT AND INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

As charities, independent schools need to meet the new

public benefit requirements. In particular, they must provide

significant opportunity to those in the community who cannot afford

their school fees.

In our September 2008 edition of Charities, we

discussed the definition of 'public benefit' and how

charities can ensure that they meet the criteria. Since then, the

Charity Commission has issued further guidance in respect of the

following charitable purposes:

education

relief of poverty

advancement of religion

fee-charging.

Independent schools will find the guidance on public benefit and

fee charging most relevant, as their main aim is to provide

education, and this is the service for which f...

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