Part 2The Charity Commission and the Official Custodian for Charities

The Commission

14The Commission’s objectives

The Commission has the following objectives—

  1. 1.

    The public confidence objective

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

  2. 2.

    The public benefit objective

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

  3. 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. 4.

    The charitable resources objective

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

  5. 5.

    The accountability objective

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