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To receive apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies were received from Councillor D.T. Hardacre, Mrs B. Jones and D. Street. |
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Declarations of Interest. Minutes: There were no declarations received at the beginning or during the course of the meeting. |
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Charitable Status of Blackwood Miners Institute. PDF 171 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Report advised Members of the Statutory
requirements relating to the charitable status of Blackwood Miners’ Institute
and sought approval to implement new measures to ensure compliance with charity
law in relation to the submission of the accounts. In addition the report considered and set out
recommendations regarding the ongoing management of the Blackwood Miners’
Institute and the council’s responsibilities as Trustee. Blackwood Miners’ Institute was conveyed as a
charitable trust to Islwyn Borough Council (and subsequently to Caerphilly
County Borough Council) and was registered as a charity on 13th November 1990. The local authority, acting as sole corporate
trustee, has a legal duty to operate the charity in accordance with the
governing document and has a legal obligation to account for the charity’s
finances in accordance with the Charity Act 2011. The Charity Commission has recently indicated that
the Council, as sole trustee, is not accounting and reporting on the charity
separately in accordance with the requirements of the Charity Act 2011, and
therefore new measure are required in order to clarify the local authority’s
relationship to the charity and in order to satisfy to the Charity Commission
that council is fulfilling its responsibility in accordance to charity law. Following consideration and
discussion, it was moved and seconded that the recommendations in the report be
approved. By a show of hands this was
unanimously agreed. RESOLVED that for the reasons contained in the Officers: - (i) Cabinet
continue to act as Trustees of Blackwood Miners Institute (BMI); (ii) the day
to day management of BMI operates under the Theatre Manager (overseen by the
Interim Head of Regeneration) and periodic reports be presented to Cabinet as
Trustees; (iii) the
proposal that the preparation and submission of the annual statement of
accounts and the report on the BMI’s finances to the Charity Commission (in a
format which complies with SORP (including independent examination or audit of
the accounts)), be delegated to the Head of Corporate Finance, be endorsed; (iv) meetings
with Cabinet as Trustees be arranged to discuss the strategic management of the
BMI which will include consideration of the outcomes of the Business Improvement
Project as outlined in paragraph 6.3 of the report. |