OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE

SMALL CHARITIES: DISSOLUTIONS AND REMOVALS FROM THE REGISTER

DECLARATION: DISSOLUTION OF A SMALL REGISTERED CHARITY (CSD 1344B)

OG 202 C2 – 23 April 2007

Purpose

This OG reproduces the guidance on the above subject that is provided to the public, together with links to the OGs to which it relates.

Functional responsibility

For action

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Notes to the form
	Before completing this form please read our guidance note: "Guidance on dissolving a small charity" (CSD 1344A).
	The information requested in this form will enable us to remove the charity from our Register as required by section 3(4) of the Charities Act 1993. Please ensure that the form is completed accurately because the trustees remain responsible for the decisions they have made after the charity has dissolved.
	Please note that if the charity’s income from all sources was not more than £5.000 in its last financial year, its registration has ceased to be compulsory and the trustees can ask for it to be removed from our Register before it is dissolved and without having to provide the information requested in this form.
	How should this form be completed?

	This form can be signed by:
	(a)	one or more of the trustees; and/or
	(b)	some other person having a competent knowledge of the facts such the clerk or secretary to the trustees and signing on the trustees’ behalf.

Section 1

Charity Details

Charity registration number
Charity name

Section 2				Certification
Warning to all signatories:		It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly provide false information to the Charity Commission. If in doubt about completing this form, you should seek professional advice.
		I/WE CERTIFY as follows:
		(a)	The Trustees are satisfied that they have been properly appointed in accordance with the governing document of the charity
	Delete whichever version of statement (b) does not apply to the charity	(b)	The charity does not have any property that is permanent endowment.1
		(b)	The charity does not have any property that is permanent endowment and has disposed of its interests in land in accordance with the directions of its governing document and/or the requirements of section 36 of the Charities Act 1993.
		(c)	The gross income of the Charity in its last full accounting period was not more than £20,000 and its assets were valued at not more than £200,000 at the end of the same period.
	Delete whichever version of statement (d) does not apply to the charity	(d)	After settling all liabilities the charity’s assets were applied in accordance with the directions for winding up or dissolution in the governing document as follows:
		(d)	There are no directions for winding up or dissolution in the governing document and all the charity’s assets have been applied for the purposes of the charity as follows:

Please state briefly how the charity’s remaining assets have been applied

(e)

Arrangements have been made for the charity’s accounting records to be preserved as required by the Charities Act 1993 that is six financial years from the accounting period they cover, and they will be held by:

Please enter the name and address of the person responsible for preserving the accounting records

¹ Permanent endowment - see please see "Guidance on dissolving a small charity" (CSD 1344A) for a more detailed description

		(f)	The trustees are aware that they remain responsible for decisions made during the period that they held office.
		(g)	Any future correspondence or enquiries regarding this charity should be addressed to:

Please enter the name, address and telephone number of the person we should contact

Certificate signed by (use a separate sheet if necessary)

Name
Address
					Postcode
Date			Signature

Name
Address
					Postcode
Date			Signature

Name
Address
					Postcode
Date			Signature

Now send this completed form and all necessary associated documents to:

Charity Commission Direct PO Box 1227 Liverpool L69 3UG

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