CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 27 Duty to keep accounts.

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CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 27

Duty to keep accounts.

27.(1) The trustees of a charity shall keep proper books of account with
respect to the affairs of the charity, and the trustees of any charity who are
not required by or under any other enactment to prepare periodical statements
of account shall prepare consecutive statements of account each consisting of

(a)a receipts and payments or an income and expenditure account relating to a
period of not more than fifteen months; and

(b)if the value of the property belonging to the charity exceeds five hundred
pounds, and the Ministry so directs, a balance sheet relating to the end of
that period.

(2) The books of account and statements of account relating to any charity
shall be preserved for a period of at least seven years, unless

(a)the charity ceases to exist; and

(b)the Ministry permits the books and statements to be destroyed or otherwise
disposed of.

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CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 27