<div dir="auto">Yep. What Simon said.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">OSMUK is registered as a UK Community Interest Company (CIC) which is between a charity (that has to evidence 'charitable works' and follows additional rules but pays less tax) and a company (that is answerable to its shareholders). Being a CIC, we are a Limited company and pay tax on the difference between money in (annual subs, grants, donations, etc.) and money out, but are prevented from distributing money to shareholders as dividends.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I believe that Rob was suggesting that, rather than being a charity.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">- Jez</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 6 Jul 2021, 10:35 Simon Poole, <<a href="mailto:simon@poole.ch">simon@poole.ch</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Non profits do not make no profits, they simply (as a rule of the thumb)<br>
don't have making a profit as a primary goal and don't distribute them<br>
to owners and the like. Regulation varies strongly according to<br>
jurisdiction, so it is difficult to say more.<br>
<br>
Charities tend to be even more regulated (note that often charity and<br>
non-profit ae used interchangeably even though they are not the same<br>
thing in most countries), but even these typically can have at least a<br>
small surplus.<br>
<br>
Simon<br>
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Am 05.07.2021 um 21:47 schrieb David Woolley:<br>
> On 05/07/2021 20:06, Edward Bainton wrote:<br>
>> Corporation tax is a small price to pay for near total freedom<br>
><br>
> Why is there any to pay? It is a tax on profits and you shouldn't be<br>
> making any.<br>
><br>
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