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Charities Act 2006 implementation

An implementation plan for the Charities Act 2006 was first published in December 2006, setting out when the various provisions of the Act will be commenced. The implementation plan was updated in April 2009 to reflect the latest position.

• Updated implementation plan - April 2009 [PDF 84KB, 8 pages]

Latest position (April 2009): A summary of responses and next steps following the public consultation on the Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) will be published in the next few weeks. Following the consultation responses, some changes are expected to be made to the Secondary Legislation and model constitutions to complete the legal framework for the CIO. Earlier in 2009, provisions requiring excepted charities with an income above £100,000 to register with the Charity Commission came into force. Provisions relating to exempt charities will commence later in 2009. 

Also in this section:

• Commencement Orders
  Further information on the commencing provisions of the Charities Act 2006
• Audit, accounting and reporting changes
  Further infomation on the important changes to the audit, accounting and reporting framework for charities following the Charities Act 2006, and the Companies Act 2006.
• Fundraising and charitable collections
  Information and guidance to explain to charities, professional fund-raisers and commercial participators involved in fund-raising ventures, what changes have been made to the requirements of Part 2 of the 1992 Act