Public benefit assessment reports: reports
(September 2012)
This section of the website contains the reports of the public benefit assessments we have carried out. Here you can find:
- What are the reports about?
- The public benefit assessment reports
- What can be learned from the reports?
- Other information
- Contact details
What are the reports about?
We have produced a report of the findings from each of the twenty assessments carried out to date. These describe the charity, examine whether its aims are charitable and summarise the extent to which it is being administered for the public benefit. Each assessment is carried out against the principles set out in our general guidance. We also set out our conclusions and any actions we are recommending to the trustees or requiring them to carry out.
The public benefit assessments reports
The following is a list of the public benefit assessment reports by organisation, with a link to the entry for each charity in the Register of Charities.
Recreation and leisure charities (February 2011)
ReportEntry in Register of Charities |
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| Tintagel Memorial Playing Fields Association | ||
| Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust | ||
| Birmingham City Football Club Community Trust | ||
| The Radlett Lawn Tennis and Squash Club |
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Arts charities (July 2010)
ReportEntry in Register of Charities |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Limited | ||
| The Castle Players | ||
| Gwent Ballet Theatre Limited | ||
| Young Concert Artists Trust |
Charities for the advancement of religion (July 2009)
ReportEntry in Register of Charities |
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| United Christian Broadcasters Limited | ||
| Church Mission Society | ||
| London Sri Murugan Temple | ||
| Tara Mahayana Buddhist Centre |
Independent schools (July 2009 / July 2010)
In July 2009, we found that two of the schools we assessed were not being administered for the public benefit. These have both since formulated public benefit plans and in June 2010 we concluded that these schools had addressed the findings in the original assessments. A summary of these conclusions is included in the entries below for the two schools concerned.
ReportEntry in Register of Charities |
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| The Manchester Grammar School Foundation | ||
| Highfield Priory School Limited | ||
| Pangbourne College Limited | ||
| Manor House School Trust Ltd | ||
| S. Anselm’s School Trust Limited |
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Care home charities (July 2009 / June 2010 /January 2012)
In July 2009, we found that two of the care homes we assessed were not being administered for the public benefit. These have both since formulated public benefit plans and in June 2010 we concluded that these care homes had addressed the findings in the original assessments. A summary of these conclusions is included in the entries below for the two care homes concerned.
ReportEntry in Register of Charities |
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| Cornwall Old People’s Housing Society (also known as Perran Bay Home for the Elderly) | ||
| Penylan House Jewish Retirement & Nursing Home Cardiff |
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| The Rest Bay Convalescent Hotel |
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What can be learned from the reports?
In July 2009 we published Public Benefit Assessments - Emerging findings for Charity Trustees. Using general observations and illustrative case studies, from the assessments completed in July 2009, this report provides trustees with:
- good practice examples of ways in which charities have demonstrated that they meet the public benefit principles;
- examples of where public benefit principles were not met, and why;
- examples of what helped our public benefit assessments and what didn’t;
- details of what changes we propose to make to improve the process of assessing public benefit.
In March 2011 we published a further report based on our findings from the second and final round of public benefit assessments.
Other information
Elsewhere in this section of the website you can find the following information:
- Introduction to public benefit assessments
- Glossary of technical or specialist terms used in the reports
Contact details
If you have questions or comments about our public benefit assessment work please contact us.
Press and media enquiries should be directed to the press office.