Charity Constitutions: Unincorporated Charities

An unincorporated charitable association has a wider membership who can vote and take part, and is run by a management committee, which suits a membership group such as a club or society with charitable aims. A charitable trust is run by a small group of trustees with no wider membership, which suits holding and applying funds, for example a grant-making charity. Neither is a separate legal body, so trustees can be personally liable. Simply-Docs provides a constitution for each.

Yes. A short-form constitution for a small unincorporated charity gives a simpler governing document suited to a low-income charity that does not need the full association or trust document. Remember an unincorporated charity generally only needs to register with the Charity Commission once income passes £5,000, though it is still a charity below that. Simply-Docs provides a short-form constitution alongside the fuller templates.