Guidance

Approved governing documents for local charity branches

Published 1 April 2013

Applies to England and Wales

A to C

Charity Name Website
Action with Communities in Rural England www.acre.org.uk
Age UK www.ageuk.org.uk
Armed Forces Constitution for Membership Service Funds - no managing trustee
Armed Forces Constitution for Membership Service Funds - with managing trustee
Armed Forces Trust Deed / Standard Governing Document Non Membership - no managing trustee
Armed Forces Trust Deed / Standard Governing Document Non Membership - with managing trustee
Baptist Union www.baptist.org.uk
Building Preservation Trusts www.ukapt.org.uk
Campaign to protect Rural England www.cpre.org.uk
CFfI Cymru / Wales Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs www.cffi-cymru.org.uk / www.yfc-wales.org.uk/
Charitable Voluntary Music Groups (Making Music) www.makingmusic.org.uk
Church Friends Groups www.nationalchurchestrust.org
Church in Wales www.churchinwales.org.uk
Church of England www.cofe.anglican.org
Church of the Nararene British Isles South District [email protected]
Citizen’s Advice Bureau www.citizensadvice.org.uk
Community of Christ www.cofchrist.org.uk
Community Transport Association UK www.ctauk.org
Congregational Federation Ltd N/A
Councils for voluntary service – now known as Local Support and Development Organisations www.navca.org.uk
Crossroads Care Attendant Schemes www.crossroads.org.uk

D to K

Charity Name Website
ELIM Foursquare Gospel Alliance N/A
EMMAUS UK www.emmaus.org.uk
English Bridge Union www.ebu.co.uk
Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches www.fiec.org.uk
Football Association Community Clubs www.thefa.com
Gateways www.mencap.org.uk
Girl Guides www.girlguiding.org.uk
Grace Baptist Trust Corporation www.gbtc.org.uk
Homestart www.home-start.org.uk
Hospital Broadcasting Associations www.hbauk.co.uk
Independent Theatre Council www.itc-arts.org
Inner Wheel Club Benevolent Funds N/A
Jehovah’s Witness Congregation N/A

L to R

Charity Name Website
Lions Club Charity Trust Fund www.lions.org.uk
Making Music www.makingmusic.org.uk
Marine Society and Sea Cadets www.ms-sc.org
MIND www.mind.org.uk
Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin – Cylch Cyfansawdd (combined Parent and toddler groups) www.mym.co.uk
Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin – Cylch Meithrin (Playgroup) www.mym.co.uk
Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin – Cylch Ti s Fi (Parent and toddler groups) www.mym.co.uk
National Association of Child Contact Centres www.naccc.org.uk
National Autistic Society www.nas.org.uk
National Churches Trust see Church Friends Groups
National Deaf Children’s Society www.ndcs.org.uk
National Federation of Women’s Institutes www.thewi.org.uk
National Union of Students www.nus.org.uk
Parentkind www.parentkind.org.uk
PHAB Clubs www.phab.org.uk
Presbyterian Church in Wales www.ebcpcw.org.uk
Pre-school Learning Alliance www.pre-school.org.uk
RELATE www.relate.org.uk
Riding for the disabled www.riding-for-disabled.org.uk
Rotary Club trust Funds www.rotarygbi.org
Round table Charitable funds www.roundtable.co.uk
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals www.rspca.org.uk
Rural community Councils www.acre.org.uk

S to Z

Charity Name Website
Samaritans www.samaritans.org
School funds (Secondary Heads Association) N/A
Scouts www.scouts.org.uk
Swim England www.swimming.org
The Ascension Trust (Street Pastors) www.streetpastors.org.uk
The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) www.quaker.org.uk
Third Age Trust www.u3a.org.uk
Townswomen’s Guilds www.the-tg.com
Village Halls (ACRE) www.acre.org.uk
Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland www.vineyardchurches.org.uk
Wales pre-school playgroup www.walesppa.org
YMCA www.ymca.org.uk
Young Farmer’s Clubs www.nfyfc.org.uk
Youth for Christ Centre www.yfc.co.uk