charitable status

Meeting the charity test (Charity Commission NI)

'Meeting the Charity Test - Demonstrating Public Benefit' is the Charity Commission of Northern Ireland's consultation document, setting out the proposed standards for determining which organisatio

Changes to Charity Law

What's new?

Registration of new charities

Charitable status (SCNI factsheet)

  • What is charitable status?;
  • Who is eligible to receive it?;
  • What are the advantages/disadvantages?;

NI Charities: A Guide for Trustees (DSD)

A Guide for Trustees has been prepared by Charities Branch in the Voluntary & Community Unit of the Department for Social Development. It gives guidance about setting up and running a charity in Northern Ireland. In particular, it explains what a charity is, the advantages and responsibilities of running one, and the legal framework within which it operates.

Advice Note: Charitable Status (NICVA)

A guide to why you need to gain charitable status, and how to go about it. Produced by NICVA Member Services.

FAQs: Legal structures and charitable status

Following are answers to a number of frequently asked questions regarding legal structures and charitable status.

Info Sheet: Charitable purposes and activities

For your group or organisation to be a charity, your aims and purposes must be charitable as defined by charity law (i.e.

What is a charity?

Not all voluntary organisations, however worthy their activities, are charities. For an organisation to be a charity it must be set up for purposes that the law regards as exclusively charitable.

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