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Charity Commission: Registered Charity Case Files

Description and record details

Reference CHAR 19
Title Charity Commission: Registered Charity Case Files
Date 1865-2008
Description

This series contains registered case files relating to charities which were required to be entered on the public register, kept under section 4 of the Charities Act 1960. Some of these files contain material dating from 1853 which relate to established organisations, and which have been separated from files transferred into CHAR 7.

Arrangement

Arranged in order of registered charity number.

Held by The National Archives, Kew
Legal status Public Record(s)
Language

English

Creator

Charity Commission, 1853

Physical description 433 file(s)
Access conditions Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition

From 2018 Charity Commission

Accumulation dates File series ran from 1961 to 1995
Accruals Series is accruing.
Selection and destruction information Files relating to some high profile charities, and which were the subject of discussion by the Board of Charity Comissioners or identified in the Commissioners' Annual Report to the Home Office as being of particular interest.