Charitable Trusts and Non-Charitable Purpose Trusts — SQE1 FLK2 Trusts Law

A woman funding free sports coaching in the area she grew up in is told her trust cannot be a charity because she has not registered it. She has been told wrong.

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In this episode:

• Three cumulative tests: exclusively charitable, recognised description, public benefit
• Nothing is presumed; public benefit must be shown
• Poverty escapes the personal nexus rule, not public benefit
• A purpose trust fails unless somebody can enforce it
• General charitable intent matters only on initial failure

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