Part 2The Charity Commission and the Official Custodian for Charities

The Commission

14The Commission's objectives

The Commission has the following objectives—

1

The public confidence objective

The public confidence objective is to increase public trust and confidence in charities.

2

The public benefit objective

The public benefit objective is to promote awareness and understanding of the operation of the public benefit requirement.

3

The compliance objective

The compliance objective is to promote compliance by charity trustees with their legal obligations in exercising control and management of the administration of their charities.

4

The charitable resources objective

The charitable resources objective is to promote the effective use of charitable resources.

5

The accountability objective

The accountability objective is to enhance the accountability of charities to donors, beneficiaries and the general public.