Charity Commissioners

British  

plural noun

1. (in Britain) members of a commission constituted to keep a register of charities and control charitable trusts

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Charity Commissioners

Any endowment of a charity other than a building held in part only for some of the purposes aforesaid, will be dealt with by the Charity Commissioners on the application of any person interested.

From Churchwardens' Manual their duties, powers, rights, and privilages by Sumner, George Henry

The Charity Commissioners had been asked for their advice, and had expressly stipulated that the temporary office should not carry with it any freehold.

From A History of Giggleswick School From its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 by Bell, Edward Allen

From the Report of the Charity Commissioners it appears that the Goldsmiths' charitable funds, exclusive of gifts by Sir Martin Bowes, amount to £2,013 per annum.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

Previous to the investigations of the Charity Commissioners, the fine school-room was locked up, and the books of the library torn for waste paper to light fires. 

From Rides on Railways by Sidney, Samuel

Norwich Town Council approved a scheme formulated by the Charity Commissioners for the administration of Anguish’s endowment for boys. 

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles