Memorandum from Bilston Baptist Church
(DCH 201)
I am Treasurer of a Church, which has its accounts
independently examined even though it is not yet required to do
so as an excepted charity.
I have been instructed to write and say that
we would like to suggest an amendment to clause 22 of the Bill.
At the moment Full Members of the Association
of Charity Independent Examiners, who have qualified to deal with
such accounts as ours and at present have an unlimited Domain
of Competence under the present conditions, will be omitted from
the list of those qualified in future.
When our income goes beyond £250,000 we
would under the present terms of the Bill be compelled to seek
a firm of accountants to provide an examination of our accounts,
who may not even be charity specialists, and no doubt this would
be a costly exercise. We would prefer to keep our existing Examiner,
provided he complies with the required qualifications, which include
knowledge of SORP and Charity Accounting as well as the duties
of an examiner.
We do hope that the Committee will consider
an amendment to clause 22 to include such qualified people.
June 2004
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