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Hi Michelle, Many have asked the million dollar question as to why we have not yet registered as a charity and I wanted to update you.

I have made enquiries and taken advice from the Charity Commission in London regarding registering as a Charity. They advised that the Fund Raising we are currently doing is completely legal and that they would not consider registering us as a charity unless £5,000+ was donated in any one year and guaranteed ongoing.

As it is the intention to continue supporting and helping the children in many ways apart from this initial heating appeal I have requested an application pack which Amanda, Carole and I can look at when we are all in BG together. I was also advised that the application will take approximately 3 months to set up before charitable status was granted.

Hope this helps answer the questions but please feel free to contact me if you need further clarification. Out of interest, I thought I should also add the post below:

“”” I have a little experience of serving as a Board Member of a registered Charity, and therefore it is my personal opinion that you should remain un-regulated by the Charities Commission for as long as possible. As you rightly point out, the administrative costs will rise, and a whole rain forest of paper-work will be generated, and even more of your personal time will be swallowed up. Provided that you continue to be open to questioning, and are able to disclose detailed finances to those who need to see them, then surely no need to change things in the short/medium term “””

To all, I apologise for the length of this post but feel it is relevant to what we are doing.

Thanks - Andie