Charities (Hansard, 3 February 1992)

§ Mr. John Patten

[holding answer 31 January 1992]: Exempt charities are those listed in the second schedule of the Charities Act 1960, as amended. They are: The Universities of Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Bristol, Reading, Nottingham, Southampton, Hull, Exeter and Leicester; The Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, London and Durham, the colleges and halls in the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham and the Colleges of Winchester and Eton; The University of Newcastle Upon Tyne; The Universities of Keele, Sussex, Wales, East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Lancaster, Warwick, York, Bradford, Surrey, Aston and Salford, Loughborough University of Technology, the City University, Brunel University, the Open University, Bath University of Technology and the University Colleges of Wales, Aberystwyth, North Wales, South Wales Monmouthshire and Swansea and St. David's College, Lampeter; The University of London including Bedford College for Women, Birkbeck College, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London School of Economics and Political Science, Queen Elizabeth College, Queen Mary College, Royal Holloway College, Royal Veterinary College, School or Oriental and African Studies, School of Pharmacy University of London, Westfield College London, College of St. Gregory and St. Martin at Wye, Chelsea College of Science and Technology, University College London and the Institute of Education; 9W Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, Guy's Hospital Medical School, King's College Medical School, London Hospital Medical College, Middlesex Hospital Medical School, Royal Dental Hospital of London School of Dental Surgery, Royal Free Hospital Medical School, Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital in the City of London, St George's Hospital Medical School, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, United Medical Schools Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, University College Medical School and Westminister Medical School; British Postgraduate Federation, Postgraduate Medical School of London, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Institutes of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, Cardiology., Child Health, Dental Surgery, Dermatology, Diseases of the Chest Laryngology and Ontology, Neurology (Queen Square), Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Psychiatry, Urology; Welsh National School of Medicine and University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology; The Boards of Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Science Museum, the Armouries and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; The British Museum which includes the British Museum of Natural History; The Imperial War Museum and the National Maritime Museum; The representative body of the Welsh Church; property within the Church Lands Investment Measure 1958; The Church Commissioners and any institution which is administered by them; The board and Governors of the Museum of London; The British Library; and Grant-maintained schools and any institution administered by or on behalf of such schools. Higher Education Corporations and Institutions administered by or on behalf of them, for example, polytechnics and colleges of higher education, but only if so designated by the Secretary of State. Charities excepted by order or regulations under section 4(4)(b) of the Charities Act 1960 are: All voluntary schools, being charites and having no permanent endowment other than the premises of, or connected with, the school; Charities comprising funds, not being permanent endowments, belonging to units, or to trustees for units, of the Boy Scouts Association or the Girl Guides Association; Any property, other than land, held and applicable for the general purposes of bodies established wholly or mainly for religious purposes, whether or not of the Christian religion, provided that the annual income from such property is not more than £100; Any charity for the advancement of religion where the application of its income in a particular manner is conditional upon a grave, tomb or personal monument being kept in good order provided that the annual income of the charity is not more than £50; A charity wholly or mainly concerned with the advancement of religion, being a charity—in respect of which accounts are sent annually to the Methodist Conference or other Committee or department appointed or established by the Methodist Conference or for which the Baptist and Congregational Trust Corporations is trustee or custodian trustee; Any charity wholly or mainly concerned with the advancement of religion in respect of property for the time being held by one of 51 Church of England Trust Corporations either as a duly constituted trustee or a custodian trustee or by virtue of the property having been vested in the body by or in pursuance of any Church of England Measure; Any charity wholly or mainly concerned with the promotion of the efficiency of any of the armed forces of the Crown, not being: a charity having any land in 10W England and Wales for any estate or any interest greater than a tenancy from year to year; a charity whose objects extend to the relief or assistance of any person not being a serving member of those forces; or a charity for the exhibition or preservation of articles of historical interest; every university which is not an exempt charity; Certain charities of which the Moravian Union Incorporated is a trustee; Certain charities of which the New Church is a trustee; Certain charities of which St. David's Diocesan Board of Finance is a trustee; Certain charities of which Liverpool Roman Catholic Archdiocesan Trustees Incorporated is a trustee; Certain charities of which the St. Asaph Diocesan Board of Finance is a trustee; Certain charities of which the Trustees of the Menevia Diocesan Trust are the trustees; Certain charities of which Swansea and Brecon Diocesan Trust (Incorporated) is a trustee; Certain charities of which Clifton Catholic Diocesan Trustees Registered is the trustee; Certain charities of which the Trustees of Middlesbrough Diocesan Trust are the trustees; Certain charities of which Nottingham Roman Catholic Diocesan Trustees Registered is a trustee; Certain charities of which Plymouth Roman Catholic Trustees Registered is a trustee; Certain charities of which United Synagogue Trustees Ltd. is a trustee; Benevolent funds in connection with specified branches of United Commercial Travellers Association of Great Britain and Ireland Incorporated; and Registered places of worship.

Section 4(4)(c) of the 1960 Act excepts charities which have neither any permanent endowment, nor any income from property amounting to more than £15 a year, nor the use and occupation of any land.

There is no central record of charities excepted under section s.4(4)(c) of the 1960 Act, and the information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.