Charitable incorporated organisations (PG14a)
Transactions involving charitable incorporated organisations, including their dissolution (practice guide 14A).
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This guide supplements Practice guide 14: charities and deals with the land registration aspects of transactions involving charitable incorporated organisations, including their dissolution. It is aimed at conveyancers and legal advisers to charities and to those acquiring land from charities.
Further guidance is available on the Charity Commission’s website.
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Last updated 7 March 2024 + show all updates
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The guide has been amended to reflect the changes to the Charities Act 2011, as a result of the Charities Act 2022, which came into force on 7 March 2024 by virtue of the Charities Act 2022 (Commencement No. 3, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2024.
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We’ve reconsidered our practice on charges where charitable incorporated organisations (CIO) are the lender. As a result, we’ve deleted a sentence in section 3.6 which says it’s unlikely a CIO will lend money.
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Sections 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3 have been amended to bring guidance up to date and to accord with Charity Commission guidance.
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Section 8 has been amended to reflect the provisions of the Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Conversion) Regulations 2017. Section 9 has been amended to reflect HM Land Registry’s understanding of the current law relating to amalgamation and merger of charitable incorporated organisations.
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