Laïcité, protestantisme, famille, associations et gouvernance

 

 

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Charities have unique value.

They are like no other type of organisation.

This distinctiveness is recognised by the public, by legislation and by the
Charity Commission as their regulator.

The spectrum of their work, and the  diversity they represent are vitally important – both to our society as a whole
and to the millions of people who benefit from their existence.

Charities  provide a key framework within which civil society can thrive.

Our role is to help them achieve what they do in the most effective way possible.

There are over 190,000 charities registered with the Charity Commission,
with a combined annual income of over £40 billion,
over 600,000 paid staff
and nearly 925,000 trustee positions.

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 Livre sterling= 1, 33 euro 40 billions ( miliards) =  53  milliards euros  d’argent privé défiscalisé

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 En France l'INSEE ne fournit aucune étude globale, on en reste donc à des ordres de grandeur incertains. Dieu merci, Pierre Méhaignerie, président de la Commission des Affaires sociales de l'Assemblée Nationale vient de confier  à Pierre Morange, député maire de Chambourcy une étude de six mois qui pourrait sortir la Francee associative de l'opacaité qui la caractérise


                         Quelques données éparses :

En France la générosité privée rapporterait 3 milliards d’euros (2 miliards en provenance des particuliers et un milliard en provenance des mécenes).  Mais la dépense associative atteindrait selon P. Kaminski , l'un des trés rares chercheurs, 60 milliards dont 51 % sur prélèvements obligatoires ( 30 milliards Mais c’est un strict minimum car par exemple les français –à la différence des anglos saxons ne comptent pas l’enseignement privé soit 50 milliards d’euros ). Nous savons que 25.000 associations ont déclaré 25 milliards à la TVA en 2006. On compte 2000 associations reconnues d’utilité publique et 1000 fondations: 1,6 millions  feuilles de paie pour 1 millions d’équivalents temps plein.On parle selon les sources de 10 ou 20 millions de bénévoles( l’évalue à 6 millions les bénévoles –donateurs). Mais trustees veut dire responsables or on compte 1 millions d’associations.

 Surtout, à la différence des charities anglaises, les associations “publiques” ( et non "reconnues d'utilité publique" à la française servent d’outil à l’Etat Providence.- à travers les collectivités locales, les oganismes de Sécurité Sociale et l’Etat stricto sensu.

 Qu'il s'agisse de connaisance, d'évaluation, de politique, l'ensemble se caractérise par un tiple déficit de cohérence  interministérielle et de gouvernance.
 

The Charities Act 2006 became law on 8th November. It’s a major piece of charity legislation, reflecting both the changes in society and the charity sector over the last decade.
We welcome the Act wholeheartedly and it’s also good news for trustees. Essentially, it will set charities free from some of the previous bureaucracy, enabling them to adapt to new needs in society and new and effective ways of working. There are many opportunities on offer for charities that want to grow and develop in different ways.
We hope the information provided in this update covers the main areas of interest to you.
The Office of the Third Sector has published an implementation plan outlining when each part of the Act will come into force. This can be found at: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Contents
    •    New descriptions of charitable purposes
    •    Providing public benefit
    •    New thresholds for registration
    •    Exempt charities
    •    Excepted charities
    •    Freedom for smaller charities to evolve and change
    •    Transferring assets
    •    Changing a charity’s purposes
    •    Amending admin rules
    •    Flexibility for transferring the assets of ‘failed’ appeals or trusts
    •    Effective use of permanent endowment
    •    Charitable companies
    •    Making it easier to merge
    •    New structure for charitable companies
    •    Payment of trustees
    •    Publicity requirements for schemes
    •    Waiver of trustee’s disqualification
    •    Relief from personal liability for trustees
    •    Trustee indemnity insurance
    •    Accounts
    •    Changing the threshold for professional audit and independent examination
    •    Group accounts
    •    Protecting whistleblowers
    •    Suspending or removing trustees and others from membership of charities
    •    Specific directions for protecting a charity
    •    Ensuring charity property is used correctly
    •    Deciding a charity’s membership
    •    Entering premises and obtaining documents
    •    Fundraising solicitation statements
    •    Public charitable collections
    •    Collections in public places
    •    Door to door collections
    •    Local, short-term collections
    •    New Charity Tribunal


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 Principale innovation du Charity Act un programme de notation de l'utilité publique( public benefit) va être mis en oeuvre



Indicative Programme: Taking forward public benefit
 

This table sets out an indicative programme for the Commission’s broad
approach to public benefit.  It includes tentative dates for each stage of the
work.  These dates will be reviewed as the work progresses and may vary, for
example, depending on the volume or nature of responses to consultation.
(October 2006)  

 
 
November 2006? Charities Bill completes Parliamentary process

November 2006 Charity Commission Citizens’ Forum – researches
public perceptions and expectations

October 2006 Charity Commission held focus groups with fee-
charging and religious charities and with public policy
experts.

March 2007 Consultation ends, Commission analyses responses
and begins discussion with charity sub-sectors on
application of principles.

June 2007 Commission publishes principles of public benefit
September 2007 Commission begins pilot assessment of public benefit,
produces detailed guidance for specific types of
charity and consults on this guidance.

April 2008 Commission publishes results of pilot and commences
formal assessment.

Summer 2008 Commission reports progress to Parliament

January 2007 Charity Commission launches 3 month consultation
on the principles of public benefit, ways in which charities might demonstrate their public benefit, and how this might be assessed