Plymouth Brethren takes charitable status case to tribunal 8
Tags: Public benefit | Charities Act 2006
Jonathan Last
Reporter, Civil Society Media Ltd
Jonathan is the former assistant editor of a magazine covering the renewable energy sector. After taking a detour into teaching both at home and abroad, he joined us in 2012 as a reporter for Charity Finance and news writer for the Civil Society Media website.
He is also a charity member at his local branch of Mind, the mental health charity.
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Two Exclusive Brethren groups are taking the Charity Commission to the Charity Tribunal after the regulator denied one group charitable status concluding that it did not advance religion for public benefit.
Cancer Research UK is to refresh its brand this September in a move to better reflect the extent of the charity’s work fighting the disease.
A charity treasurer has been jailed for five years after stealing more than £500,000 from two organisations.
Three UK-based charities are placed amongst the top twenty best NGOs in the world in a report by the Global Journal.
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Budget: All charities to receive £2,000 help with National Insurance 2
Tags: Taxation | Budget 2013
Today’s Budget reports that from April 2014, every UK business and charity will be entitled to a £2,000 Employment Allowance towards their bill for National Insurance contributions.
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Top charities buck sector trend with overall income rise 3
Tags: Charity 100 Index | Charity 250 Index
An analysis of the charities that make up the Charity 250 Index has revealed that the minimum income requirement to be included in this group has increased by 30 per cent over the last year, from £12.5m to £16.8m.
Two Royal Albert Hall trustees have been pocketing more than £100,000 a year from touting hundreds of concert and charity event tickets at vastly inflated prices, a national newspaper alleged today.
The Cabinet Office and Buckingham Palace have today announced the sixty winners of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Volunteering Award 2012.
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