Charities and Public Benefit (2011)

This is the Charity Commission's statutory guidance on public benefit.

The purpose of this guidance is to:

• explain the requirement that, to be a charity in England and Wales, an organisation must have charitable aims that are for the public benefit;
• raise awareness and understanding of that public benefit requirement amongst the public and the charitable sector;
• explain how the public benefit requirement operates in practice; and
• explain the new requirement for charity trustees to report on public benefit.

 Download the guide here: Charities and Public Benefit