UK Statutory Instrument SI 1994/3024 United Kingdom

The Charitable Institutions (Fund-Raising) Regulations 1994

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Enforced by
Charity Commission
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Prosecution 1 of 6 obligations carry a fine up to £500. 5 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person4 Trader2

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Trader — also bound by 825 other Acts
Companies Act 2006 243 duties
Companies Act 1985 85 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.002 Agreements between charitable institutions and professional fund-raisers Regulated
  • Put fundraising agreements with professionals in writing with key termsAny Person
s.003 Agreements between charitable institutions and commercial participators Regulated
  • Put your charity fundraising agreement with a commercial partner in writingAny Person
s.004 Notice prior to injunction to prevent unauthorised fund-raising Regulated
  • Include circumstances and grounds in fund-raising injunction noticesAny Person
s.005 Availability of books, documents or other records Prosecution
  • Make fund-raising records available to the charity on requestTrader

Fine up to £500

s.006 Transmission of money and other property to charitable institutions Regulated
  • Pass on money and property raised for charities within 28 daysAny Person
s.007 purposes otherwise than by professional fund-raisers or commercial participators Regulated
  • Disclose charity details in promotional venturesTrader
2 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation, commencement and interpretation
s.008 Offences and penalties

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.