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

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

Why, if presence of armed men at these particular gateways is essential to proper conduct of affairs of Department—why should Charity Commissioners and Education Office be left unguarded?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 28, 1891 by Various

The charity still remains, but its scheme has been to some extent modified by the Charity Commissioners.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Palmer, G. H. (George Henry)

The Trust, to which Mr. Samuel Mills Slater is solicitor, is under the full control of the Charity Commissioners, who have to be regularly supplied with certified copies of all the Trust accounts.

From The Annals of Willenhall by Hackwood, Frederick William

The school is governed under a scheme framed by the Charity Commissioners in 1900, and part of the income is diverted to maintain the new girls' school in Brook Green.

From Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney The Fascination of London by Besant, Walter, Sir