Charities (Amendment) Act 2024

Amendment of section 48 of Principal Act

17. Section 48 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by the substitution, in subsection (1), of “charitable organisation, that is not a company,” for “charitable organisation”,

(b) by the substitution, in subsection (3)(a), of “a charitable organisation, referred to in subsection (1), in a financial year does not exceed €250,000” for “a charitable organisation in a financial year does not exceed €100,000”,

(c) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (3):

“(3A) A charitable organisation that is a company shall prepare financial statements in accordance with—

(a) the requirements of Part 6 of the Act of 2014, and

(b) regulations made under subsection (3B).

(3B) The Minister may, having regard to the requirements of Part 6 of the Act of 2014 and after consultation with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, prescribe the form and content of financial statements, additional to the requirements contained in Part 6 of the Act of 2014, to be prepared by a charitable organisation referred to in subsection (3A).”,

and

(d) in subsection (6)—

(i) by the deletion of paragraph (a),

(ii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c):

“(c) to a charitable organisation in respect of a financial year in which 2 or more of the following conditions are met:

(i) its balance sheet total does not exceed €10,000, or such greater amount not exceeding €50,000 as may be prescribed;

(ii) its gross income does not exceed €10,000, or such greater amount not exceeding €50,000 as may be prescribed;

(iii) it has no employees,”,

and

(iii) by the substitution, in paragraph (d), of “Minister for Education” for “Minister”.