What are the issues around registering as a charity with Charity Commission and constitutions drawn up by settings?
A36 1. Using a Charity Commission model constitution should mean that constitutional issues should not arise during the registration process, except in relation to the objects clause. Objects are particular to an organisation, not standard, though they may be drafted in general terms. An objects clause describing the charitable purposes of an organisation will therefore be particularly drafted to fit within a standard Charity Commission constitution. If those objects have not been drafted correctly to be exclusively charitable, the organisation will not be a charity and will not be under an obligation to register. If those objects have been drafted correctly and are exclusively charitable an obligation to register arises currently under Section 3 of the Charities Act 1993. A charity must register if it has income from all sources amounting to more than £1000 per year, or if it has permanent endowment, or the use or occupation of land, or is in an exempt category. The income registratio
