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Ÿ How the charity’s purpose is bene cial - this is the "bene t aspect" of public bene t
Ÿ How the charity’s purpose bene ts the public or a suf cient section of the public - this is the "public aspect" of public bene t
Ÿ How the trustees will carry out the charity’s purpose for the public bene t - this is what is known as ‘furthering’ the charity’s purpose for the
public bene t
The rst bullet point – is something we have explored in depth (see previous sections). A charity’s purposes are laid out in their objects clause.
The second bullet point – You will need to be able to explain how what you do bene ts people/makes a difference.
The third bullet point – You will need to make sure that your services are open to a suf ciently large section of the public to qualify, and if fees are charged that appropriate concessions are in place. It would also be prudent to keep records of who you help and how in order to be able to justify your claims
if asked. Keeping such records will also provide you with data to assist in improving or targeting your services better.
The fourth bullet point – This is where you lay out the trustees vision for the charity, their mission statement. This is your plan of what you propose to do within the charity’s objects.
2. Comply with the charity’s governing document and the law
Governing document
If you have been through and answered the questions above you will now have copies of your governing document. One of the main requirements of being
a trustee is that you read and follow your governing document. If you do not follow what is written in the charity’s governing document, as a trustee you will be in breach of trust and potentially liable to the charity for anything done outside the scope of the governing document.
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