Common Purpose Charity Status

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Dear Mr Boyce

Thank you for your e-mail of 23 September. I note that you have framed it
as a FOI request, possibly because it was sent via the
***whatdotheyknow*** website, but we consider it to be a complaint about
Common Purpose, rather than a FOI request. It may be helpful if I outline
our role and our approach to complaints about charities.

The Charity Commission is the independent regulator of charities in
England and Wales. Our job as regulator is to work closely with charities
to ensure that they are accountable, well run and meet their legal
obligations under charity law in order to promote public trust and
confidence. As a regulator, we have a duty to consider concerns brought to
our attention. However, our statutory powers of intervention are limited
and trustees have a broad discretion to manage their charity as they see
fit, within charity law and the charity***s own governing document. We are
by law not permitted to interfere in the administration of a charity or
become involved in its internal affairs. Additionally, we would not take
up complaints where it would be disproportionate to do so, or where
another regulator is better placed to examine the concerns. Our role is
set out in our guidance CC47, ***Complaints about Charities***, available
at the following link:

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Your query about how many benefit claimants or low income family members
have been invited to attend Common Purpose training and your allegations
about the charity***s work generally should be directed to the charity via
its registered correspondent, available at this link:

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Common Purpose is established for exclusively charitable purposes and for
the public benefit and is therefore a registered charity. We are aware of
various negative comments on the internet to which the charity has
responded. There are no grounds for us to reconsider its charity status.

Yours sincerely

Neil Darlow

Charity Commission Direct

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