Voluntary Management Committees deliver essential and affordable Out of School Childcare for their communities and allow Clubs to be led by their own service users and community members.  Being part of an Out of School Childcare Club management committee can be enjoyable, rewarding and offers opportunities to develop new skills.

Many voluntary management committees are set up as unincorporated associations.  This means individual committee members are potentially personally liable for the liabilities of the Club if the assets of the organisation are insufficient to cover its liabilities.  Clubs which employ staff, lease property and enter into other contracts should limit their personal liability and adequately protect members by becoming incorporated.  An incorporated organisation has a legal personality of its own, and can enter into legal relationships on its own account.

Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids’ Clubs can help committees which are unincorporated associations limit their personal liability by helping them convert to a structure that offers more protection and recommends the Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) model.

Benefits of becoming a Charitable Incorporated Organisation

• Committee members are protected. As it is incorporated, the individuals involved are not exposed to the possibility of having to meet any liabilities personally if it fails (except in instances of their own serious wrongdoing).
• Clubs with charitable aims and an annual income higher than the threshold (£5,000) must register with the Charity Commission. The CIO model is a simplified, streamlined model of achieving both charity status and incorporation and Clubs are only regulated by Charity Commission.
• Enhanced reputation as it is regulated by the Charity Commission.
• Easier to recruit committee members as this model better protects them.
• Charities receive tax relief.
• Access to more grants and funding.
• Profit can still be kept to meet the needs of the communities Clubs serve.

Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids’ Clubs can provide step by step support to help Clubs move to this more protective structure.  For more information:

www.clybiauplantcymru.org

www.facebook.com/clybiau

Cardiff Office:

029 2074 1000 / info@clybiauplantcymru.org

Colwyn Bay Office:

01492 536318 / info-nw@clybiauplantcymru.org

Cross Hands Office:

01269 831010 / info-ww@clybiauplantcymru.org