Write an essay explaining whether you think that the Charities Bill 2005 will or will not improve the law on when a trust will be held to be charitable.
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Darryl K. Martin Equity Supervision 3 (Purpose Trust 1) 6 November 2005 Q: Write an essay explaining whether you think that the Charities Bill 2005 will or will not improve the law on when a trust will be held to be charitable. The Charities Bill 2005, the first reform of charity law for over four hundred years, going back to the preamble to a now repealed Act of Elizabeth 1 (Charitable Uses Act 1601), strives to regain public confidence in the work of community groups and charitable organisations. At a general level, the Bill, through its many provisions, tries to achieve this ambitious aim by ensuring that charitable status and all its concomitant benefits, is only available to organisations that truly provide real and tangible benefits to the majority. The government's proposals to introduce a statutory definition of charity, contained in the Bill, is done with the purpose of narrowing the gap between the...

