# Time for charities to submit 2001 annual returns

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2002/09/16/time-charities-submit-2001-annual-returns/
- Published: 2002-09-16T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Charity Commission is encouraging charities to submit their annual returns before
the deadline to avoid being named and shamed on its Web site.
The Charity Commission
says that, with just a few weeks to go, they are still waiting for many charities
to send them their 2001 accounts, annual returns and annual reports.

By law, any charity with annual income and expenditure of more than £10,000 must
submit these documents within ten months of the end of its financial year. Most 
charities should already have sent their 2001 accounts; those whose financial year-
end was 31 December 2001 have until 31 October 2002 to meet the deadline.

If the documents are not submitted on time, the Commission regards it as evidence
of poor management and says that it may begin formal inquiry action. The Commission
points out that a number of trustees have been prosecuted for persistently failing
to submit their documents on

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time.

The Commission’s Director of Operations Simon Gillespie, said: “Submission of accounts
is a vital element in maintaining public confidence – not just for individual charities
but for the sector as a whole. So this week, we’re urging charities not to get behind
with their paperwork. The Commission takes a robust line on non-compliance. Defaulting
charities can expect to find themselves listed on our web site as not having submitted
their returns on time.

We know that many thousands of people visit the web site every month before deciding
which charities they wish to support. They will be able to see which are in default,
and that will almost certainly affect their decision.”

The Commission has also reminded smaller charities – those with incomes of under
£10,000 a year – to make sure that their details are up to date by submitting a 
Charity Commission ‘Register Check Form’ every year.

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