Random checks will feature in new public benefit regime

By Emilie Filou, Third Sector, 16 January 2008

The Charity Commission will carry out random checks on charities to ensure they comply with the new public benefit requirements that will take effect from 1 April.

The measure is highlighted in the commission's final public benefit guidance, published today. "It is part of good regulatory practice," Dame Suzi Leather, chair of the Charity Commission, told Third Sector . "It keeps people on their toes." The guidance says charities must comply with two main principles: they must...

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