Keep it legal: Community organisations

By Alan Eccles, Third Sector, 17 October 2007

Charities form a vital element of the third sector, but they are not the only legal structure.

Individuals and groups will often have ideas for voluntary, community or not-for-profit projects and automatically propose that charities should be set up. That may be appropriate, but other formats should be considered, including community amateur sports clubs and community interest companies. CICs can be described as limited companies with special...

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