Clubs (Non-Profit) 
What type of club are these documents for?
These documents are intended to be used by clubs, but only if they have the following attributes. They must be:
- unincorporated associations
- owned by their members (not a proprietor)
- not-for-profit
- not (registered/unregistered) charities.
Which documents are in this group?
The documents comprise:
- long form and a short form of constitution for such an association
- form of constitution for such an association where the club is a sports club which is to be a Community Amateur Sports Club (“CASC”) and it is intended to be registered with HMRC as a CASC
- guidance note and documents relating to "fit and proper persons" i.e. those acceptable to be trustees or managers of the club
- list of sports eligible for the purpose setting up a CASC
- application to become a CASC
Why do I need these documents, and how do they benefit me?
Note that a club of the type outlined above and its members and officers are subject to the general law, but not to charity or company law. The founders need to ensure that the risk of adverse legal consequences to members and officers is minimised.
For that purpose the club will need to have a founding document setting out clearly the nature of the club, the rights of all members as between themselves, the role of the committee members, the procedures that must be followed in the day to day running of the club, and other features that one would usually find encapsulated in such a constitution. The constitution documents in this group set out this detail.
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