A great discussion y'all<br><br>if you look at examples such as SHMU in Aberdeen, PRESCAP (Preston FM's parent charity), Future Radio and of course 'our' WFM and ALLFM before they 'left home' - none of those charities are 'radio' but focus on education, arts and social inclusion - and happen to use radio as a means to those ends... <br>
<br>Non charitable activity (after a certain limit) cant be under the remit of the charity but a trading arm of a charity is a very well used device - if your non- charitable activities are significant.<br><br>You could look at it the other way round - have the main activity under a CIC or company limited by guarantee but have a 'Friends of...' charity set expressly to support/raise funds for the education/arts/social inclusion activities of the station....<br>
<br>FYI - when we had a clean slate setting up a station that we werent going to run - North Manchester FM - we set it up as a CIC. Still not sure if that was best but at least there was only one cycle of Board meetings...<br>
<br> It's true that some big Foundations wil only look at funding charities but more are saying 'charity or CIC'. <br><br>Hope that helps<br><br>bests<br><br>Phil<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Phil Korbel<br>Director<br>0161 237 5454<br><br>Radio Regen is a community, media and urban regeneration charity <br>A company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales No. 3753832 <br>
Registered office: 12 Hilton Street, Manchester, M1 1JF <br>Registered Charity No. 1077763 <br><a href="http://www.radioregen.org">www.radioregen.org</a><br><a href="http://www.communityradiotoolkit.net">www.communityradiotoolkit.net</a><br>
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