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The two separate sides however, often come together, and the separation gets forgotten.
Canon Law Civil Law
Superior & The Council/Charity Trustees
Insti
tute
Council
Charity
Members
Mission - Public Benefit
Assets
SO WHAT STRUCTURE DOES OUR CHARITY USE?
There are essentially three types of structure that can be used for a charity:
A charitable trust
A company limited by guarantee; or
A charitable incorporated organisation or CIO
WHAT IS A CHARITABLE TRUST?
Most charities associated with religious institutes were originally established as charitable trusts, under the terms of a governing trust deed. A trust is an agreement between two or more people where they (the charity trustees) declare that they will hold certain property on trust to be used for speci c charitable purposes that are set out in the written trust deed.
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