DCH 201 BILSTON BAPTIST CHURCH
Prouds Lane, Bilston, West Midlands. Tel:
01902 401430
Ms Francene Graham
Scrutiny Unit -
Draft Charities Bill
Room G10
7 Millbank
London
SW1P 3JA
June 2004
Dear Ms Graham,
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.
A K Timmis
Church Treasurer
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