Charity Commission discusses public benefit 'competition'

By Paul Jump, Third Sector Online, 28 July 2008

The Charity Commission is considering introducing a competition for the best public benefit statement on charities' annual returns after a suggestion made at its open board meeting last week.

A provision of the Charities Act 2006 requiring charities to report on how their activities have contributed to public benefit comes into effect at the end of the current financial year. The suggestion for a competition was made by Greyham Dawes, director of the charities unit at accountancy firm Horwath...

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