Charities: Members
Commons · Question 100173 · Tabled 15 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance the Government provides to membership-based charities to ensure compliance with charity law where benefits are restricted to members.
Answer
Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 22 Dec 2025
All charities in England and Wales must have wholly charitable purposes that are for the public benefit, in order to enjoy the advantages of charitable status. Unless the purpose is for the relief (and in some cases the prevention) of poverty, a charitabl...