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Re constitution, 20251013 at 09.40UK time The main thing is to explicitly designate how the society stops and disposes of any funds. This needs to be in the constitution. In the charity I ran we designated a local much bigger and older charity to be the recipient of any residual funds. The closing down part is the main thing you need to get right in a constitution. Good wishes to all of you. Regards Eion MacDonald On Mon, 13 Oct 2025 at 07:15, Helen McCall <helen.wildnfree@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello Henry, > > Thanks for the link, but making it a charity will involve a lot of work > for a number of people, and terrible legal responsibilities. > > All we need to do is to establish the user group as a Legal Entity > being a community association, so that we may have a bank account. > > Helen McCall > > On Sun, 12 Oct 2025 14:50:20 +0100 > Henry Bremridge via list <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Top posting and designed for charities but > > > > https://www.ncvo.org.uk/help-and-guidance/setting-up/ > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 12, 2025 at 11:55:03AM +0100, Helen McCall wrote: > > > Dear Paul and Julian and all, > > > > > > I agree with Paul that Julian's idea is a good one. Having over my > > > long life set up various community groups/clubs, I am aware that to > > > get a group bank account like this needs several things in place: > > > > > > 1) Need a legally constituted association. > > > > > > 2) A legally constituted association requires at least two officers > > > as Treasurer and Chair. Other officers such as a couple of assistant > > > Treasurers can then be added to that. > > > > > > 3) The association needs a (preferably simple) Constitution. > > > > > > 4) The Association need to have members, which might just be anyone > > > who subscribes. > > > > > > 5) We need to find a bank willing to give free banking to community > > > associations. Some do and some don't. > > > > Changing authorised signatories can be a REAL pain > > > > > > > > The Constitution needs some vital components: > > > > > > a) Description with aims and objectives > > > b) Definition of Officers of Committee > > > c) Definition of modes of membership > > > d) declaration of being in perpetuity > > > e) description of how the association might be wound up and funds > > > distributed. > > > > > > > > > 2025-10-12 14:48:13 > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > FAQ: https://www.dcglug.org.uk/faq/ -- regards Eion MacDonald -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG FAQ: https://www.dcglug.org.uk/faq/