| Short Title: | Charities Act 2011 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act to consolidate the Charities Act 1993 and other enactments which relate to charities. |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Citation: | 2011 c. 25 |
| Introduced By: | Baroness Verma |
| Territorial Extent: | England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland |
| Royal Assent: | 14 December 2011 |
| Status: | Amended |
| Original Text: | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/25/contents/enacted/data.htm |
| Short Title: | Charities (Amendment) Act 1995 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act to make provision for the treatment of two or more charities as a single charity for all or any of the purposes of the Charities Act 1993. |
| Year: | 1995 |
| Citation: | 1995 c. 48 |
| Royal Assent: | 8 November 1995 |
| Repeal Date: | 14 March 2012 |
| Amends: | Charities Act 1993 |
| Repealing Legislation: | Charities Act 2011 |
| Status: | repealed |
| Original Text: | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/48/contents/enacted |
| Collapsed: | yes |
| Short Title: | Charities Act 1993 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act to consolidate the Charitable Trustees Incorporation Act 1872 and, except for certain spent or transitional provisions, the Charities Act 1960 and Part I of the Charities Act 1992. |
| Year: | 1993 |
| Citation: | 1993 c. 10 |
| Royal Assent: | 27 May 1993 |
| Replaces: | Charitable Trustees Incorporation Act 1872 |
| Repealing Legislation: | Charities Act 2011 |
| Status: | repealed |
| Uk-Leg Title: | Charities Act 1993 |
| Collapsed: | yes |
| Short Title: | Charities Act 1992 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act to amend the Charities Act 1960 and make other provision with respect to charities; to regulate fund-raising activities carried on in connection with charities and other institutions; to make fresh provision with respect to public charitable collections; and for connected purposes. |
| Year: | 1992 |
| Citation: | 1992 c. 41 |
| Royal Assent: | 16 March 1992 |
| Amends: | Charities Act 1960 |
| Status: | amended |
| Original Text: | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/41/contents/enacted |
| Uk-Leg Title: | Charities Act 1992 |
| Collapsed: | yes |
The Charities Act 2011 (c. 25) is a UK act of Parliament. It consolidated the bulk of the Charities Act 2006, outstanding provisions of the Charities Act 1993, and various other enactments.[1]
Legislation repealed in its entirety by the 2011 Act included
Amendments were made to other legislation.[2] It replaced most of the Charities Act 1992 and Charities Act 2006.[3]
Section 145(1)(a) allowed for charities' financial accounts to be independently examined where a full audit is not required. An "independent examiner" is a person not connected to the charity who is "reasonably believed by the trustees to have the requisite ability and practical experience to carry out a competent examination of the accounts".[4]
Additional provisions were added by the Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016 granting a "general power" to charities to make "social investments", that is actions undertaken both to further the organisation's charitable aims and to make a financial surplus. In this context a charity's actions do not need to be financial "investments" as the term would generally be understood.[5]