Charity Commission considers flagging up 'captive charities'

By Paul Jump, Third Sector Online, 9 October 2008

The Charity Commission has said it will consider a call from MPs to flag up on its new online register charities that receive a high percentage of their income from a single source.

The suggestion came during the regulator 's appearance before the Public Administration Select Committee yesterday. Paul Flynn, a Labour committee member, said he was concerned that some charities were used as fronts for commercial campaigns. He said: "It is quite a coincidence, for instance, that nearly all patients' groups for...

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