Charity Commission Launches New Online Register

Published date01 October 2020
Subject Matterorporate/Commercial Law, Charities & Non-Profits
Law FirmWithers LLP
AuthorWithers LLP

On 3 September, the Charity Commission launched an updated version of the online register of charities, which builds on the Commission's aim to increase accountability and transparency in the sector.

In a recent blog post, Charity Commission CEO Helen Stephenson stated it is that the regulator's responsibility to maintain and curate the register in the public interest, and that the register should be a tool to help people selecting a charity to support.

To that end the new register now contains additional fields, many of which charities will recognise from the increasingly detailed Annual Return form, such as: the number of staff and volunteers; the number of staff with salaries of over '60,000; a breakdown of sources of income; assets and investments held; and policies in place at the charity. Perhaps predictably, the salaries of charity...

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