In most jurisdictions, charities are tightly regulated for the public benefit ( in England, for example, by the Charity Commission ).

The Trustees of his will approached the Charity Commission for permission to sell the house and contents after it closed to the public in October 2010 because of a shortfall in the charity's income, despite rising visitor numbers.

In July 2006 the Charity Commission completed an investigation into The Tate's purchase of Ofili's work, censuring the gallery for acting outside its legal powers.

Under the Charities Act 1993, the Tate is an exempt charity accountable directly to Government rather than the Charity Commission for financial returns etc.

However, the Trustees are still expected to follow the broad responsibilities of charity trustees, and may be subject to Charity Commission oversight on these elements of their activities.

* In 2005, there was a scandal over the Tate's purchase of its trustee Chris Ofili's work The Upper Room for £ 705, 000, and accusations of conflict of interest In July 2006, the Charity Commission completed an investigation into this and censured the gallery for acting outside its legal powers

* Chatsworth House Trust page from the Charity Commission – includes links to annual reports

The claim that the Tate was fulfilling Turner's wishes was dropped in 1995, when the Charity Commission said that the Turner Bequest had been free of Turner's conditions.

Jurisdiction over charitable disputes is shared equally between the High Court of Justice and the Charity Commission.

The increased wealth of the college eventually resulted in the Charity Commission establishment of an enquiry into the advisability of widening the application of the funds to those extra beneficiaries Alleyn had specified in later amended clauses to the foundation's original statutes.

On 4 February 2003 ( after being suspended since April 2002 ), Masri was dismissed from his position at the Finsbury Park mosque by the Charity Commission, the government department that regulates charities in England and Wales.

Shortly after a Charity Commission report made a number of recommendations, Heyday announced that the membership scheme would close on 31 March 2009, noting that Heyday would maintain a presence on the Age Concern website following the merger with Help the Aged.

The Charity Commission for England and Wales ( Welsh: Comisiwn Elusennau Cymru a Lloegr ) is the non-ministerial government department that regulates registered charities in England and Wales.

The Charity Commission answers directly to the UK Parliament and to Government ministers, and as a result it is often described as a Quango.

Geraldine Peacock, CBE was Chief Charity Commissioner ( as previous chairs of the Commission have been known ) from 2003 to 2006, and Chair-designate from 8 July 2004 to 2006.

Some bodies with charitable objects but which are not charities are not subject to registration with the Charity Commission and are known as exempt charities ; these organisations are specified in Schedule 2 to the Charities Act 1993.

In Northern Ireland the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland is being established in 2009 to replace earlier regulation by the Voluntary and Community Unit of the Department for Social Development, part of the Northern Ireland Executive.

The Charity Commission was first established by the Charitable Trusts Act 1853.

* Charity Commission for England and Wales

In 2006 the Charity Commission censured the Tate for this purchase.

* The Charity Commission for England and Wales, which is a non-ministerial department

The Charity Commission is currently formulating tests of public benefit for charitable schools as required by the Charities Act 2006.

Following the enactment of the Charities Bill, which was passed by the House of Lords in November 2006, charitable status is based on an organisation providing a " public benefit " as judged by the Charity Commission.

Pending the Charity Commission publishing its definitive guidance on " public benefit " at the end of 2008, there remains an incentive for independent schools to share their sporting, musical and other facilities with the public or local state schools, and supplement their charitable endowments with an increased number of subsidised scholarships and bursaries.

In 2009 Republic made news by reporting Prince Charles's architecture charity to the Charity Commission ( the Commission declined to take the matter further ) and has previously broken stories about royals using the Freedom of Information Act.

At Moor's Charity School for Indians, he did many translations.

The feoffees ' decision not to participate in the programme, according to the Charity Commission, " left the impression that they were not open about their business and did not feel accountable to the public for their actions ".

Then again in 2011, Penn Masala toured the United Kingdom and did a show at the Lancaster Hotel for The Rajasthani Foundation's Diwali Charity Gala Ball.

In his book Chatterjee claims that Mother Teresa exaggerated the work she did among the poor, that she failed to use the very large amount of money donated to her on helping the poor and that the medical care given to people in homes run by Missionaries of Charity was grossly inadequate.

have been sporadic, but did include recording for the Tourette Syndrome Charity Album Welcome Companions in 2000.

As Southern League champions, Northampton contested and lost the 1909 Charity Shield, 2 – 0 to Newcastle United, and although they did not win the Southern League title again during Chapman's reign as manager, they finished in the top four for each of the following three seasons.

The Stones did pick up some silverware that season, winning both the Kent Senior Trophy and the Kent Charity Cup, but this was overshadowed by continuing lease problems, which meant another attempt to gain promotion to the Southern League was knocked back.

* Monty Hall guest-hosting for several weeks ; from July 15 – 26 he did two weeks with Ludden and Elizabeth Montgomery as the celebrities, while the third ( September 23 – 27 ) was a " Four-Celebrity Charity Week " with Ludden and his wife Betty White competing as a team against celebrities including Richard Dawson, Arlene Francis, Vicki Lawrence, and White's mother Tess.

However, after it became apparent that Eliza did not intend to honor any financial obligations to Charity, Tom's mother returned to Georgia.

Columbia recorded as many hits as they did flops-Gypsy, The Sound of Music, Bye Bye Birdie, Camelot, Sweet Charity, Mame, 1776, Cabaret, West Side Story, Company, A Little Night Music, and Annie.

While the first two games in the series did not feature voice acting, Elaine was voiced by Alexandra Boyd in The Curse of Monkey Island and by Charity James in Escape from Monkey Island ; Boyd would reprise the role for later entries in the franchise.

Alexandra Boyd and Charity James have also been praised for their voicing of Elaine ; Computer Games Magazine described Boyd's work for The Curse of Monkey Island as " wonderful ", though lamented that she did not speak more in the game, while Macworld admired the character's depiction in Escape from Monkey Island as " beautiful and plucky ".

Legend has it that there were just three aircraft, Gladiators nicknamed ' Faith ', ' Hope ' and ' Charity ' but, in reality, at least six Gladiators and also Hawker Hurricanes were deployed ; the Hurricanes did most of the damage.

His plans to educate the young Native American students in his school, which was called the Moor's Charity School, located on the Lebanon town green, did not progress well however — many of his students became sick and died while some turned profligate and in other ways failed to successfully pursue the charter of missionary work.

One of the major collections is that of the Charity Organisation Society, now known as the Family Welfare Association which was formed to make sure that charitable organisations did not overlap with each other in terms of what they were trying to achieve.

The following campaign was a non-event for Venison as he only managed a total of 14 appearances in all competitions, however, this did include another Wembley appearance as the Reds faced bitter rivals Manchester United in the Charity Shield, again, the Reds had to share the trophy as they drew 1 – 1 with their North West rivals.

The Ukridge story " A Tithe for Charity " did not appear in the original U. S. edition, which instead featured a 1958 " exclusive " pseudo-Drones story entitled " Unpleasantness at Kozy Kot " ( actually a rewritten version < ref >

Although Tulane did not have its own hospital at the time, Ochsner succeeded in organizing one of America's premier surgical teaching programs at New Orleans Charity Hospital, an institution that provided invaluable clinical opportunities to Ochsner and his students.

On the 1970 Mayberry RFD episode " The Charity ", he and co-star Paul Hartman did a soft shoe dance together.

Even the former royalty did not forget her in their generosity: The Ladies of Charity helped in the home visits.

Il Consitutionnel, the newspaper of the anticlerical left, did not hesitate to announce the death of this Daughter of Charity: “ The unfortunate people of the 12th district have just experienced a regrettable loss.

The Charity Commission found that the Appeal had done charitable work and raised significant funds, so should have registered with them and published accounts, taking the view that the legal advice the Appeal founders had taken that the constitution did not create a charity was wrong.

Stephen, Jr. attended Moors Charity School, a preparatory school at Hanover, New Hampshire from 30 August 1813 to 24 August 1816, He then attended a college in Boston but was forced to drop out after a minor illness he failed to properly attend to which became a major one ( he did not attend Dartmouth as has often been claimed ).

While the ministry does hold tax exemption status under section 501 ( c )( 3 ) of the Internal Revenue Code, it has been the subject of numerous complaints to the Better Business Bureau, whose evaluation conclusion was that the organization did not meet two standards for Charity Accountability.