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Stafford Lawyers acts for a number of charities. Stafford Lawyers' expertise includes:

admission to the Overseas Aid Deduction Scheme
advice on the best structure through which to operate a charity
ancillary funds
applications for endorsement as a deductible gift recipient
company constitutions for charities
incorporation of companies limited by guarantee
trust deeds for charities

Stafford Lawyers can assist in determining whether or not an entity is a charity in the legal sense of the term "charity". Charitable purposes include:

  1. the relief of poverty;
  2. the relief of the needs of the aged;
  3. the relief of sickness or distress;
  4. the advancement of religion;
  5. the advancement of education;
  6. the provision of child care services on a non-profit basis; and
  7. other purposes beneficial to the community.

An organisation is not a charity if:

  1. it is primarily for sporting, recreational or social purposes;
  2. it is primarily for political, lobbying or recreational purposes;
  3. its purpose is illegal or against public policy; or
  4. it is primarily for carrying on a commercial enterprise to generate surpluses.

 
 
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