Excepted charities: registration

In answer to a Written Question to DCMS from the Second Church Estates Commissioner, Marsha De Cordova (Battersea, Lab), asking if the Secretary of State has taken a decision in principle about rolling over for another 10-year term the excepted charitable status of Church of England parishes with an annual income less than £100,000 and other church denominations also currently excepted, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Vicky Foxcroft, said this:

“The Charity Commission estimates that around 30,000 church charities across all temporarily excepted Christian denominations will need to register by 31 March 2031. There are no current plans to further extend the deadline for registration.” [Emphasis added.]

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