This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Formally recognise CIC's as a non-profit charitable/charity organisation.
Formally recognise Community Interest Companies (CIC) as a form of non-profit charitable/charity organisation.
CIC do a lot of good for the community, individual and even other charities.
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Unless a company or organisation independently sees CIC as a charitable non-profit organisation CIC's gets little or no help or support. They can not gain funding or get fundraising from educational institutes and more.
This forces a lot of CIC to close, this needs to change and see CIC formations recognised as a charitable non-profit organisations.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
It is up to individual organisations whether they wish to register as a CIC or as a charity. We could accept a petition calling for changes to the rules governing CICs, or charities.
You may also be interested in signing the below petition on a similar topic:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/636455
Reduce or remove corporation tax on Community Interest Companies
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