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Can a company be a director or trustee of an incorporated charity?

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Published on: 21 April 2015
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In answering this Q&A we have treated an incorporated Charity as either:

  1. •

    a Company limited by guarantee, or

  2. •

    a charitable incorporated organisation (a CIO)

Company limited by guarantee

A company limited by guarantee must have at least one director. At least one director must be a natural person or a corporation sole. A Charitable company which is structured as a company limited by guarantee will be registered, and need to make filings, with both Companies House and the Charity Commission.

For further details about companies limited by guarantee,

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Charity definition
What does Charity mean?

A charity is an institution which is established for charitable purposes only and falls to be subject to the control of the High Court in the exercise of its jurisdiction with respect to charities (Charities Act 2011, s 1)

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