Amending Charity Constitutions: CIO
Amending Charity Constitutions: CIO
- Resolution to Amend Constitution (No Charity Commission Consent Needed): Association Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
- Resolution to Amend Constitution (Charity Commission Consent Needed): Association Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
- Resolution to Amend Constitution (No Charity Commission Consent Needed): Foundation Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
- Resolution to Amend Constitution (Charity Commission Consent Needed): Foundation Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
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Frequently Asked Questions
How do we change our CIO's constitution?
The trustees or members pass a resolution to amend the constitution, then send the amendment to the Charity Commission. For a CIO the change only takes legal effect once the Commission registers it, and certain changes need the Commission's prior consent before they are valid. Use the resolution that matches your CIO model and whether consent is needed. Simply-Docs provides amendment resolutions for the Foundation and Association models.
Which CIO constitution changes need Charity Commission consent first?
Regulated alterations need the Commission's prior written consent: changing the charity's purposes, changing what happens to property on dissolution, and adding or widening any benefit to trustees, members or connected people. Consent must be obtained before the change, as the Commission cannot give it retrospectively. Other changes do not need consent. Simply-Docs provides separate resolutions for changes that do and do not need consent.