The Regulator for Charities in England and Wales
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Name |
Estimate of No's of Registrations |
Registrable entity |
Governing Document(s) |
To be sent to us? |
email/ lead contact |
Timetable |
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Church of England |
2200 |
Parochial Church Council (PCC) |
PCC Powers Measure 1956 as amended & Church Representation rules |
N |
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Applications will be handled in 3 tranches |
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Methodists |
700 |
Assets of Local Churches, circuits and districts |
Methodist Church Acts and Deed of Union |
N |
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Applications will be handled over a seven month period by standing committee member.
The programme starts in October 2008 and runs through to April 2009. |
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URC |
80 - 100 |
Working funds of churches and Synods |
Trusts distilled from the URC Acts and the Scheme of Union |
N |
Applications will be scheduled over 4 periods vis church charities in Synods 1 to 3 Jan & Feb 2009 | |
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Baptist Union |
500 |
Working funds of local church |
Approved constitution |
Y |
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Applications will be phased on a monthly basis from 1 October 2008. |
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Grace Baptists |
6 |
Working funds of local churches |
Approved constitution |
Y |
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Applications will be handled from 2 January 2009 |
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Congregational Federation |
6 |
Single charity comprising chapel building and working funds |
Revised Model Trusts under the 1951 Baptist and Congregational Church Trusts Act |
Y |
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Applications will be delayed until the new model trusts take effect |
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Religious Society of Friends |
70 |
Area Meetings and British Yearly Meeting |
Approved governing document for Area Meetings |
Y |
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Applications will be handled from 2 January 2009 |
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Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches |
70 |
Working funds of local churches |
Approved constitution for churches |
Y |
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Churches with name beginning |
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Church in Wales |
65 |
PCC’s |
Constitution |
N |
Applications will be handled in two tranches from April 2009
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Presbyterian Church in Wales |
6-10 |
1. the central Connexion of the Presbyterian Church of Wales; and 2. Assets of local churches |
Presbyterian Church in Wales Act 1933 and Constitution under the Act |
N |
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Applications will be delayed until the revised constitution has been approved by the General Assembly |
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Gospel Standard Baptists |
No churches meet the income requirement |
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Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches (EFCC) |
1-3 |
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April 2009 |
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Union of Welsh Independents and Unitarian Church |
No churches meet the income requirement |
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