NSH PTA registers as a charity...
Registered Charity Number 1093909
New Scotland Hill PTA has registered as a charity, with
effect from 24th September 2002.
Why? Because since the 1993 Charities Act, we have been a charity,
whether we knew it or not. We should have registered way back then,
provided our annual gross income (before any expenses or costs) was
above £1000. In a nutshell: we have no choice.
This has a large(ish) bearing on the administrative and record-keeping
side of the PTA, but not a great deal of effect on what we do day to day.
Being a registered charity means that: