The Regulator for Charities in England and Wales

Guidance for Charitable Registered Social Landlords (including the acquisition of Tenanted Housing and Tenants as members of Governing Bodies) - Annex 1

Timetable and checklists for organisations seeking registration with the Charity Commission and the Housing Corporation

Timetable

The outline timetable overleaf shows those elements of the transfer process which relate to the Government approvals and consents process, including the formal consultation process with tenants, and the timing of seeking registration with the Corporation, the Commission and Companies House. This timetable applies to those transfers where the homes are transferring to a new organisation. In other cases, a local authority will transfer some or all of its homes to an existing charity which is already a Registered Social Landlord (RSL); in those cases, not all the steps outlined below will apply.

Checklists

  1. The Housing Corporation’s publication Guidance for applicants seeking to become registered social landlords - stock transfer applicants (second edition August 1998) provides further guidance for applicants on the Corporation’s registration and information requirements.

    More information about the role of the Housing Corporation can be found on its web site: http://www.housingcorp.gov.uk

  2. The Charity Commission’s publication Registering as a Charity (CC21) provides further guidance on the Commission’s registration and information requirements.

Stages of stock transfer relating to Government consent and registration of the constitutional form with the various regulators

 

 

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Local Authority Led Tasks:

1. Option Appraisal

                                       

2. Government consultation – apply for inclusion on list

         

                                       

3. Government consultation – stage 1&2 consultation and application for statutory consent. Hold a ballot at the end of stage 2.

         

               

Stage 1 Consultation

Stage 2 Consultation

             

4. Government consultation – approval to final transfer

                                                   

New Charity’s "Shadow" Board Led Tasks

1. Consultation with the Housing Corporation (HC) – initial contact and compliance with registration criteria

                                                   

2. Organisational issues – chooses a constitutional model and discuss with Companies House

                                                   

3. Organisational issues – register constitutional model with Companies House

                                                   

4. Organisational issues – register constitutional model with the Charity Commission

                       

                         

5. Post ballot – agree a transfer date and transfer agreement with the local authority

                                                   

6. Consultation with the HC – full registration

                                                   

7. Post ballot – carry our legal procedures and obtain ownership of the stock