Levick Trust: Charity Commission decision
Published 4 April 2011
Applies to England and Wales
The Commission received representations about a proposed scheme that would amend the objects of the charity and allow the trustees to lease the property to the local authority to use the property in accordance with the amended objects. The trustees had set out proposals to lease the property because the buildings did not meet modern care standards and had been empty for some time. The charity had previously provided a residential home and accommodation for people aged over sixty years of age.
The review was conducted by a senior manager who gave those who had commented on the draft scheme the opportunity to clarify their representations by telephone.
The Commission may only make a scheme to change the purposes of a charity in certain circumstances (known as the ‘cy-pres principles’). The reviewer concluded that, although a cy-pres occasion had arisen, the proposed objects were not close enough to the original purposes to fall within the scope of the cy-pres principles. The reviewer decided that the scheme should be made, but with modification.
The modified scheme was made on 2 March 2011.