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(1)Every charity must be registered in the register unless subsection (2) applies to it.
(2)The following are not required to be registered—
(a)an exempt charity (see section 22 and Schedule 3),
(b)a charity which for the time being—
(i)is permanently or temporarily excepted by order of the Commission, and
(ii)complies with any conditions of the exception,
and whose gross income does not exceed £100,000,
(c)a charity which for the time being—
(i)is, or is of a description, permanently or temporarily excepted by regulations made by the [F1Secretary of State], and
(ii)complies with any conditions of the exception,
and whose gross income does not exceed £100,000, and
(d)a charity whose gross income does not exceed £5,000.
(3)A charity within—
(a)subsection (2)(b) or (c), or
(b)subsection (2)(d),
must, if it so requests, be registered in the register.
(4)In this section any reference to a charity's gross income is to be read, in relation to a particular time—
(a)as a reference to the charity's gross income in its financial year immediately preceding that time, or
(b)if the Commission so determines, as a reference to the amount which the Commission estimates to be the likely amount of the charity's gross income in such financial year of the charity as is specified in the determination.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 30(2)(c)(i) substituted (9.11.2016) by The Transfer of Functions (Elections, Referendums, Third Sector and Information) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/997), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 25(2)(e) (with art. 12)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 30-34 excluded (2.1.2013) by The Charitable Incorporated Organisations (General) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3012), regs. 1, 6(3)