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29th July 2010The Charity Commission is publishing the names of the sports and recreation charities that will be involved in its last round of public benefit assessments. This follows assessments on charities advancing religion or education, arts charities and fee-charging charities.
Independent research* that the Commission published on charities’ awareness, understanding and attitudes towards the public benefit requirement indicated that smaller charities, those involved in certain activities such as sport/recreation and those in operation before 2006 were most likely to have no awareness of the requirement at all.
The research also showed that three quarters (76%) of charity trustees say that they know about the public benefit requirement and nearly a quarter of trustees (22%) who are aware of the requirement say their charity has revisited its aims as a result.
The sports and recreation charities the Commission will look at are:
Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust (registered charity no.1105278)
Tintagel Memorial Playing Fields Association (registered charity no.1088744)
Birmingham City FC Football in the Community (registered charity no.1086631)
The Radlett Lawn Tennis and Squash Club (registered charity no.1117605)
The results of the assessments will be published in the normal way at the end of the process.
Notes
* Independent research conducted by FDS International and published in December 2009
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