Catalogue description Charity Commission Secretariat: Registered Files (Plain Number Series)

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Details of CHAR 3
Reference: CHAR 3
Title: Charity Commission Secretariat: Registered Files (Plain Number Series)
Description:

Selected files relating to the administration of the Charity Commission and to policy and legislation affecting charities.

The series was closed following the enactment of the 1960 Charities Act, and subsequent papers were filed in a new General Division series - CHAR 11

Date: 1853-1973
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: Plain numbers randomly assigned
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Charity Commission, 1853-

Physical description: 187 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Selection and destruction information: Files selected by review within the Commission
Accruals: The file series within the Commission closed in 1960, and there will be no further accruals from it.
Administrative / biographical background:

The appointment of a Secretary was provided for by section 1 of the 1853 Act.

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