New January deadline for public benefit guidance

By Emilie Filou, Third Sector Online, 1 November 2007

The Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit requirements will be published in January, three months behind the original schedule. The delays have been caused partly by a massive response to the commission's consultation on draft guidance earlier this year.

At the beginning of 2008 the regulator will also begin its three-month consultation on guidance for fee-charging charities and charities working in the fields of poverty, education and religion. Under the Charities Act 2006, these charities are no longer assumed to be charitable and must demonstrate they provide public benefit....