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Prodigal
 
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| Under the new Charities Act 2006, organisations which are set up for the advancement of the arts, or amateur sport would be able to register as charities Not sure what practical benefit a group would gain from registering, but it might be useful. They might be able to apply for grants or apply for tax relief. Technically Rule 7 could apply as its helping advance LRP
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| LOL Would that mean we'd have a board of trustees? Would that make me answerable to some shadowy organisation of t-shirted doo gooders?  Seriously, good thought though Trez, I'll have a look at it.
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Prodigal
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| You'd be answerable to the Charity Commission technically (or OSCR if you live in Scotland) but there wouldn't be a great deal of work required. If your charity's income is over £100K then you have to file report and accounts, but I suspect that there aren't any LRPs which get near that (maybe LT or PD?), but apart from that you'd just need to set up a trust deed outlining your purposes, and register with the CC They're still rolling out the Charities Act, so the bit about sports / arts charities being automatically considered for registration by the CC (previously you had to get special permission) isnt actually in force atm, but its going be brought in sometime in the next few months
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I think our 'business account' is actually one designed for 'societies and charities' - means we have to be open about our financial arrangements to our members (I occasionally tell people on Rule7 how much cash we have and what we spend it on  ) and have a committee. Its a tax free account, you see. So I think many LRP groups already get the benefit of tax free 'charitable' status.
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Ooh! I might have to mention this to my WMA tutor...
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the problem i forsee with this is that larp isnt a recognised sport unlike paintballing, if it was a recognised sprot we would also benifit from increased protection from muppet lawsuits as with sports (like paintballing) by participation you accept the risks involved in the sport where as larp you dont :/.
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Um.....err......wasn't the LT set up with the intention of being a charitable trust?
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Shelford (5/17/2007)
Um.....err......wasn't the LT set up with the intention of being a charitable trust?It may have been originally. Now its definitely a private Limited company called Merlinroute Im not sure whether you have to be a "recognised sport" to count as a charity, but LRP would probably fall more into the arts category then the sport one anyway. Its not competitive (as in theres no "winner") so its probably more of a competition The rules with accepting liability are EXACTLY the same with LRP as they are with other sports. You accept liability for your own actions. If you were put in a situation by someone else and there was a reasonably foreseeable chance of you getting hurt then you can claim against them. Its impossible in law to waive your right to make a claim against someone else Being honest I'd say that LRP suffers considerably fewer law suits than in other activities. Ive never actually heard of a LRP lawsuit, whereas I have heard of plenty within other sporting activities Groups which are operating under the title of a "non profit making" organisation may be given breaks from the tax man, however thats specified rather than assumed. Registering as a charity gives you automatic right to not pay tax
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