Written Question·Treasury·UIN 70160

Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies

Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025

Question

Daniel Francis

LabourBexleyheath and Crayford

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress her Department has made on considering the proposal for Charitable Community Benefit Societies to cease being exempt charities and to allow them to (a) register with the Charities Commission and (b) ac

Answer

Emma Reynolds
The government is keen to ensure that the law governing co-operatives and community benefit societies is clear and supports their growth. That is why we are funding the Law Commission’s independent review of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societie...

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