The Regulator for Charities in England and Wales

Alphabetical Index to Operational Guidance

23 May 2008

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  • Accounts and reports - see:
    		•   
      Charity accounts and reports OG 15
  • Alcohol - see Providing alcohol on charity premises
    		• OG 63
  • Almshouse charities
    		• OG 65
  • Amendments to governing documents - see
    		•   
      Alterations to governing documents: charitable companies OG 47
      Unincorporated charities: Amendments to governing documents OG 45
  • Appeals – see:
    		•   
      Appeals to the High Court OG 4 B2
      Charitable appeals – avoiding and dealing with failure OG 53
  • Application of property cy-près
    		•  OG 2
  • Appointment of interim managers
    		•  OG 5

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  • Bars - see Providing alcohol on charity premises
    		• OG 63
  • Borrowing and mortgages
    		• OG 22

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    C

     

    		  
  • CIFs - see Pooling schemes and pool charities
    		• OG 49
  • Central Register of Charities - see:
    		•  
      Removal of organisations from the Register OG 17
      Small charities: Dissolutions and removal from the Register OG 202
  • Charitable appeals – avoiding and dealing with failure
    		• OG 53
  • Charities and terrorism
    		• OG 96
  • Charity accounts and reports
    		• OG 15
  • Charity income reserves
    		• OG 43
  • Charity Tribunal
    		• OG95
  • Commission power to relieve trustees, auditors etc from liability for breach of trust or duty
    		•  OG 98
  • Companies - see Alterations to governing documents: charitable companies
    		• OG 47
  • Corporate trustees
    		• OG 38
  • Custodian trustees
    		• OG 39
  • Cy-près - see Application of property cy-près
    		•  OG 2

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  • Data Protection Act 1998
    		• OG 58
  • Dealing with representations in response to public notices
    		•  OG 4
  • Decision reviews
    		•  OG 94
  • Disclosure of information - see:
    		•   
      Data Protection Act 1998 OG 58
      Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 ("whistleblowing") OG 79
  • Disposal of charity land - see:
    		•   
      Disposals of charity interests in property OG 54
      Permanent endowment OG 44
      Reverter of Sites Act 1987 OG 27
      Small charities: Disposal of charity land and buildings OG 204
  • Disqualification for acting as a charity trustee
    		• OG 41
     

    see also Waiver of disqualification for acting as a charity trustee

    		OG 42
  • Dissolutions - see Small charities: Dissolutions and removal from the Register
    		• OG 202

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  • Education - see:
    		•  
      Exempt charities OG 57
      Students' unions OG 48
  • Employment/employees - see:
    		•   
      Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 ("whistleblowing") OG 79
  • Endowed charities: a total return approach to investment
    		• OG 83
  • Endowment, Permanent
    		• OG44
  • English and Welsh charities registering with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR)
    		•  OG 32
  • Equity sharing by charities and individuals: house purchase
    		• OG 28
  • Ex gratia payments by charities
    		• OG 11
  • Exempt charities
    		• OG 57

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  • Financial Services and Markets Act (Exemption) Order 2001 - see Pooling Schemes and pool charities
    		• OG 49

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    G

     

    		  
  • Glossary of terms - used in OGs
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  • Governing documents - see:
    		•  
      Alterations to governing documents: charitable companies OG 47
      Orders and Schemes OG 1
      Unincorporated charities: Amendments to governing documents OG 45

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  • High Court – see Appeals to the High Court
    		•  OG 4 B2
  • How the Commission Deals with Regulatory Compliance
    		•  OG 117
  • Housing - see:
    		•   
      Almshouse charities OG 65
      Equity sharing by charities and individuals: house purchase OG 28
  • Human Rights Act 1998
    		• OG 71

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  • Incorporation of charity trustees
    		• OG 50
  • Indemnity insurance - see Trustee Indemnity Insurance
    		• OG 100
  • Inquiries - How the Commission Deals with Regulatory Compliance Casework
    		•  OG 117
  • Interim managers, Appointment of
    		•  OG 5
  • Investments - see:
    		•   
      Endowed charities: a total return approach to investment OG 83
      Trustee Act 2000 OG 86

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  • Land - see:
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      Borrowing and mortgages OG 22
      Disposals of charity interests in property OG 54
      Reverter of Sites Act 1987 OG 27
      Small charities: Disposal of charity land and buildings OG 204
      Trustee Act 2000 OG 86
  • The Landfill Tax Credit Scheme
    		•  OG 55
  • Leases - see Disposals of charity interests in property
    		• OG 54
  • Liability - see:
    		•   
      Power of the Commission to relieve trustees, auditors etc from liability for breach of trust or duty OG 98
  • Local Government - see:
    		•   
      Local authorities and trustees OG 56

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  • Management of village halls
    		• OG 68
  • Meetings - see Postponement and adjournment of general meetings
    		• OG int 32
  • Mergers – see Register of charity mergers: sections 75C, D, E and F of the Charities Act 1993 (as added by the Charities Act 2006
    		•  OG 60
  • Mortgages - see Borrowing and mortgages
    		• OG 22

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  • Names of charities
    		• OG 18
  • Nominees - see Trustee Act 2000
    		• OG 86

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    O

     

    		  
  • Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) – English and Welsh charities registering with
    		• OG32
  • Open government - see:
    		•   
      Data Protection Act 1998 OG 58
      Human Rights Act 1998 OG 71
  • Orders - see Orders and Schemes
    		• OG 1

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  • Payment of charity trustees - see:
    		•  
      Payment of trustees OG 92
  • Permanent endowment
    		• OG44
  • Pooling schemes and pool charities
    		• OG 49
  • Postponement and adjournment of general meetings
    		• OG int 32
  • Power of the Commission to relieve trustees, auditors etc from liability for breach of trust or duty
    		•  OG 98
  • Property - see
    		•   
      Application of property cy-près OG2
      Disposals of charity interests in property OG 54
  • Proscribed organisations - see Charities and terrorism
    		• OG 96
  • Providing alcohol on charity premises
    		• OG 63
  • Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 ("whistleblowing")
    		• OG 79
  • Public notices –Dealing with representations in response to
    		•  OG 4

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  • Receivers and Managers – see:
    		•   
      Appointment of interim managers OG 5
  • Register of charity mergers: sections 75C, D, E and F of the Charities Act 1993 (as added by the Charities Act 2006)
    		•  OG 60
  • Registering with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) – English and Welsh charities
    		• OG 32
  • Regulation- How the Commission deals with regulatory compliance work
    		•  OG 117
  • Removals - see:
    		•   
      Removal of organisations from the Register OG 17
      Small charities: Dissolutions and removal from the Register OG 202
  • Remuneration - see:
    		•   
      Payment of trustees OG 92
  • Reporting and linked charities: registration, reporting and accounting
    		• OG 34
  • Reports - see:
    		•   
      Charity accounts and reports OG 15
  • Reserves - see Charity income reserves
    		• OG 43
  • Reverter of Sites Act 1987
    		• OG 27
  • Reviews of Commission decisions
    		• OG 94

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  • Sales of land - see Disposals of charity interests in property
    		• OG 54
  • Schemes - see:
    		•   
      Orders and Schemes OG 1
  • Schools - see:
    		•   
      Reverter of Sites Act 1987 OG 27
  • Small charities - see:
    		•  
      Small charities: Disposal of charity land and buildings OG 204
      Small charities: Dissolutions and removal from the Register OG 202
      Small charities: Principles of Commission policy OG 200
  • Students' unions
    		• OG 48

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  • Terrorist organisations - see Charities and terrorism
    		• OG 96
  • Total return - see Endowed charities: a total return approach to investment
    		• OG 83
  • Tribunal, The Charity
    		• OG 95
  • Trustees - see:
    		•   
      Corporate trustees OG 38
      Custodian trustees OG 39
      Disqualification for acting as a charity trustee OG 41
      Incorporation of charity trustees OG 50
      Local authorities and trustees OG 56
      Payment of trustees OG 92
      Trustee Act 2000 OG 86
      Trustee indemnity insurance OG 100
      Waiver of disqualification for acting as a charity trustee OG 42

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  • Unincorporated charities: Amendments to governing documents:
    		•  OG 45

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  • Village Halls - see:
    		•   
      Management of village halls OG 68

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  • Waiver of disqualification for acting as a charity trustee
    		• OG 42
  • Whistleblowing - see Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998
    		• OG 79
  • Wider powers of investment - see Trustee Act 2000
    		• OG 86

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