Commentary on provisions of Act Section 13: Fund-raising
Section 13 amends section 59 of the Charities Act 1992. The effect of the amendments is to prohibit commercial fundraisers from raising funds for a charitable institution unless the fund-raising agreement between the commercial fundraiser and the charitable institution includes certain terms in relation to fund-raising standards which the commercial fundraiser undertakes to follow.
	Section 13 also amends the Charities Act 2011 by inserting new section 162A. Section 162A requires charities whose accounts have to be audited in accordance with section 144(2) (currently, those with a gross annual income over £1m; or with a gross annual income over £250,000 and assets with an aggregate value exceeding £3.26 million) to set out in their annual reports their approach to fund-raising, including, in particular, whether they use commercial fundraisers, and how they protect vulnerable people from undue pressure in their fund-raising.