Charity Commission reforms content of the 2014 annual return

The Charity Commission has reformed the content of the Annual Return for 2014.

Charities with an income over £1million will no longer be required to complete the Summary Information Return (SIR).

In addition, charities will be asked for information about whether they:

• raise funds from the public;
• have a trading subsidiary;
• pay one or more of their trustees for carrying out their trustee duties;
• have certain policies in place;
• are regulated by a regulator or registered with a registrar other than the Commission; and
• carry out the charity’s purposes through predominantly grant-making.

For more information please contact Chris Hook or 0191 211 7929.