What is a trustee?
The Trustee Act 2000 sets out the main duties and powers of the trustees of unincorporated charities. The Trustees responsibilities are enshrined in law which cannot be taken away by individual officers of your charity or by resolutions passed by the charity's...
Charity Legislation
The relevant legislation is the Charities Act 1993, as amended by the Charities Act 2006 which set out the legal framework for the running of charities.
Charity Commission
Rightly or wrongly the Commission is considered a rather toothless tiger. Probably this is not entirely justified, there are just so many charities in the country from ultra small to ultra large. There are reckoned to be over 200,000 registered charities in the UK...