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I. Obtain the necessary authority of the Commission for any action proposed as being in the best interests of the charity

Obtain the necessary authority from the Commission for an action proposed as being in the best interests of the charity or arising from a moral obligation

Do you have the power carry out the proposed action? Where the proposed action is expressly prohibited in your governing document and the subject action is the removal of the prohibition answer no to this question.

The authority of the Commission is not required to authorise this, please do not continue with this process.

Does your charity want the Commission to authorise any action proposed by a charity, where it is in the best interests of the charity to do so?

Authorising transactions guidance and application form 

Do charity trustees want to use charity property or give up a right to receive any property, in where they regard themselves as being under a moral obligation to do so?

In such circumstances The Commission may authorise the charity trustees to make such an application of property or waive on behalf of the charity, its entitlement to receive property. – Follow this link to access relevant guidance and application form. Authorising transactions guidance and application form

If the answer is ‘no’ in relation to all of the questions above, then the Commission does not have power to authorise any proposed action or any waiver of entitlement to receive property. Please do not continue with this process.

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