ABSTRACT
Section 1(3) of the Charities Act 1993 enacts the general function of the Charity Commissioners shall be ‘to promote the effective use of charitable resources by encouraging the development of better methods of administration, by giving charity trustees information or advice on any matter affecting the charity and by investigating and checking abuses’. They are specifically precluded from acting in the administration of charities. The effect is that, although they may advise the charity trustees, they may not intervene directly, unless the conduct of the trustees amount to a breach of their duties.
