Regent’s College – A Registered Charity
Regent’s College is a Registered Charity, number 291583.
Charities are voluntary organisations set up for the benefit of
the community. Whatever their size or purpose, an essential
requirement of a charity is that it acts for the public benefit and
independently of government or commercial interests. Whilst
charities can in certain circumstance trade for profit, they must
use any such profit for the purposes of the charity. To qualify as
a charity an organisation has to meet strict conditions about its
overall purposes (its objects). The charity also has to meet strict
conditions of its Governing Document.
All charities are subject to Charity law. As Regent’s College is
a registered charity which is also a registered company it is also
subject to Company law.
Regent's College is registered with the Charity Commission which
is established by law as the regulator and registrar for charities
in England and Wales. Its role as a regulator is to secure
compliance with Charity law, to promote sound governance and to
enable charities to work better within an effective legal,
accounting and governance framework and to keep up with
developments in society, the economy and the law.
‘Sound governance’ for the Charity Commission means that ‘an
effective charity is run by a clearly identifiable trustee body
that has the right balance of skills and experience to run the
charity effectively, acts in the best interests of the charity and
its beneficiaries, understands its responsibilities and has systems
in place to exercise them effectively.’
(Quote taken from the Charity Commission document ‘The Hallmarks of
an Effective Charity’).
Page last updated 7/12/2010
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