Part 4

Registration and names of charities

Disclosure of registered charity status

Statement required to be made in official publications etc.
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1
This section applies to a registered charity if its gross income in its last financial year exceeded £10,000.
2
If this section applies to a registered charity, the fact that it is a registered charity must be stated in legible characters—
a
in all notices, advertisements and other documents issued by or on behalf of the charity and soliciting money or other property for the benefit of the charity,
b
in all bills of exchange, promissory notes, endorsements, cheques and orders for money or goods purporting to be signed on behalf of the charity, and
c
in all bills rendered by it and in all its invoices, receipts and letters of credit.
3
The statement required by subsection (2) must be in English, except that, in the case of a document which is otherwise wholly in Welsh, the statement may be in Welsh if it consists of or includes “elusen cofrestredig” (the Welsh equivalent of “registered charity”).
4
Subsection (2)(a) has effect—
a
whether the solicitation is express or implied, and
b
whether or not the money or other property is to be given for any consideration.