[cma-l] Charity Status

[Murray Dawson]

We operate very successfully as both a Charity and as a Company Limited 
by Guarantee.
Operating budget of over £500,000 per year - secured by and large due to 
our Charitable status.

We're not VAT registered though (which is one of the only problems that 
I have found).

We're looking to establish a Social Enterprise that will operate at arms 
length from the charity which will be VAT registered and will reinvest 
profits back into the charity.

Hope this helps

Murray

please reply to
murray at shmu.org.uk

Murray Dawson
Project Director
Station House Media Unit
Station Road, Woodside,
Aberdeen  AB24 2WB
Tel - 01224 515013	

www.shmu.org.uk

listen to our community radio station live on 99.8FM and at www.shmufm.net

SHMU is a charity registered in Scotland - SC034211 and a registered Limited Company - SC332413


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Ian Hickling wrote:
>  
> My sincere advise is - Don't bother!
> Being saddled with Charitable Status can be a huge burden and involve 
> jumping through hoops and loads of paperwork.
> Get established as a CIC and get VAT registered.
> By all means have a Charitable Arm so that you can gain the benefits 
> of funding open only to Charities, but don't have that situation as 
> your sole operating format.
> Ian Hickling
> transplan UK
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> > Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:22:56 +0000
> > From: Julie at radiowestsuffolk.co.uk
> > To: cma-l at commedia.org.uk
> > Subject: [cma-l] Charity Status
> >
> > Afternoon All
> >
> > I have been battling with the Charity Commission to gain charity
> > status for our Community Radio Station.
> >
> > Does anyone else have charity status or is in the process of applying,
> > perhaps we could share notes?
> >
> > Kind regards
> >
> > Julie MacLeod
> > Station Manager
> >
> > Listen to me every other Wednesday at 6pm for "What's Going On".
> > www.radiowestsuffolk.co.uk
> > RWSfm is coming to Bury June 2010
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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