41-414: Great Boughton is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire , England . It includes the villages of Boughton Heath and Vicars Cross. It had a population of 2,627 according to the 2011 census. It is sometimes confused with the separate settlement of Boughton , which lies just to the west, within the boundaries of the city of Chester . In
82-592: A 92-year-old poppy seller who allegedly committed suicide due to overwhelming requests for donations from charities, sparked widespread public fear and media attention across England and Wales. This scandal prompted a review of the self-regulation of fundraising practices in England and Wales, as well as Scotland, subsequently leading to the introduction of self-regulatory reforms in both jurisdictions. In 2021, The Guardian reported that Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden "had instructed officials to ensure candidates for
123-411: A charitable purpose that helps the public. Afterwards, the administration must select an official name and decide on a structure for the charity that will impact aspect such as who runs the charity and how does the charity is run. Subsequently, the creation of a governing document that explain how the charity is run is required. Finally, an electronic application must be completed if the charity’s income
164-478: A fundraising preference service. This service allows the public to control how charities contact them. The commission carries out general monitoring of charities as part of its regular casework. In serious cases of abuse and regulatory concern, the commission has powers outlined in the Charities Acts to conduct statutory investigations. Before taking the decision to open a statutory inquiry , it will take
205-728: A total of 166 civil parishes before a community governance review was undertaken by the borough council in 2014 under section 82 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 . In line with nearly every local government district in England and Wales , the majority of the population describe themselves as 'white'. The exact figure – 95.3% – is comparable with metropolitan counties such as Merseyside , non-metropolitan counties such as Cumbria and principal areas throughout Wales . This would suggest that
246-903: Is a non-ministerial department of His Majesty's Government that regulates registered charities in England and Wales and maintains the Central Register of Charities . Its counterparts in Scotland and Northern Ireland are the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland . Orlando Fraser succeeded interim chair, Ian Karet, who succeeded Baroness Stowell of Beeston . The commission has four sites in London , Taunton , Liverpool and Newport . Its website lists
287-510: Is a unitary authority area with borough status in Cheshire , England. It was established on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 local government changes , by virtue of an order under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 . It superseded the boroughs of Ellesmere Port and Neston , Vale Royal and the City of Chester . The remainder of the ceremonial county of Cheshire
328-521: Is a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. Full council meetings are held at Wyvern House in Winsford and the council has its main offices at The Portal in Ellesmere Port. The borough is divided into forty-six wards, listed below in alphabetical order. There are ninety-seven parish councils in the borough, despite there being
369-791: Is at £5,000 per year, or it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). There are different rules for creating a charity in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Some charities are not subject to regulation by or registration with the Charity Commission, because they are already regulated by another body, and are known as exempt charities . Most exempt charities are listed in Schedule 3 to the Charities Act 2011 , but some charities are made exempt by other acts. However exempt charities must still comply with charity law and may approach
410-462: Is composed of Cheshire East , Halton and Warrington . Cheshire West and Chester has three key urban areas: Chester , Ellesmere Port and Northwich / Winsford . The decision to create the Cheshire West and Chester unitary authority was announced on 25 July 2007 following a consultation period, in which a proposal to create a single Cheshire unitary authority was rejected. The council
451-797: Is routed via the M6, carrying international traffic between Scotland , North West England , the West Midlands and France via Southampton . European route E22 is routed via the A494 and M56, carrying international traffic between Ireland (the route in fact begins at the Port of Holyhead ), North Wales , North West England, Yorkshire and the Netherlands . Both routes meet at Lymm Interchange, which lies in neighbouring Cheshire East. Three Roman roads exist in Cheshire West and Chester: The section of
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#1732780058676492-618: Is the Church of England , with the borough being served by the Chester Archdeaconry, with six deaneries and an average of twenty parish churches in each deanery. Roman Catholicism also has a significant presence across the borough, with all its churches located in the Diocese of Shrewsbury . Methodist churches in the borough form groups averaging ten, known as 'circuits' (the four in Cheshire West and Chester are all part of
533-521: The Charitable Trusts Act 1853 . There had been several attempts at reforming charities before that which had been opposed by various interest groups including the church, the courts, the companies, and the universities. The power of the commission was strengthened by amendments to the act in 1855, 1860, and 1862. The Charity Commission was substantially reconstituted by the Charities Act 1960 ( 8 & 9 Eliz. 2 . c. 58), which replaced
574-797: The M6 , M53 , M56 , A55 , A483 , A494 , A550 and a short section of the A41 in Hooton . Other primary routes which are maintained by the council (principal roads de jure ) include the A41, A49 , A51 , A54 , A56 , A483, A530 , A533 , A534 , A556 , A5115 , A5116 , A5117 and A5268 . Chester and Ellesmere Port – both primary route destinations – form the hub of the road network in Cheshire West and Chester, with routes of national importance carrying traffic in all directions to locations including Flintshire , Halton , Wirral and Wrexham . European Route E05
615-482: The National Coal Board refused to pay for the work. It also proposed asking parents 'exactly how close were you to your child?'; those found not to have been close to their children would not be compensated. The Charities Act 2006 established its current structure and name. As of 31 March 2015 the commission had 288 employees and 19 agency staff in post. The Olive Cooke case, involving
656-483: The National Waterways Museum is paved with asphalt; it is a shared-use route between cyclists and pedestrians for a distance of 12.5 miles (20.1 km). In 2009, Chester was awarded the status of Cycling Town by Cycling England . To reflect this, a series of colour-coded signposted routes around the city were devised in 2012. The total length of new signposted routes created by the project
697-888: The Voluntary and Community Unit of the Department for Social Development , part of the Northern Ireland Executive . The Charities Act 2006 requires the Commission to be operationally independent of ministerial influence or control. Members of the commission, including the chair, are appointed by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport . The Finance Act 2010 extended charitable tax benefits (for example Gift Aid ) to charities within EU member states, Norway and Iceland, rather than those just inside
738-473: The 1870s, Great Boughton was described as: Great Boughton is a parish that comprises the villages of Boughton Heath, Caldy Valley, Vicars Cross and a section of Huntington. Attractions include the Sandy Lane Aqua Park with ferry to Meadows, Caldy Nature Reserve and Boughton Hall Cricket Club. Great Boughton came into the news when a controversial development at the disused Saighton Camp caused
779-951: The A51 between its western terminus and the B5132 was named as one of the most congested roads in the United Kingdom by INRIX in August 2015. Three local MPs – Graham Evans , Justin Madders and Chris Matheson – raised safety concerns about the M56 between J12 and J14 in parliament after more than 160 incidents were recorded since 2011. In response, Andrew Jones , the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, confirmed that an upgrade to smart motorway will only take place after 2020. Navigable waterways in
820-533: The Charitable Trusts Acts (1853-1891). This introduced new duties to determine charitable status, and to maintain a public register of charities. The commission was criticised after the Aberfan disaster in 1966 for its intransigence and decisions on what it allowed money from the disaster fund to be spent on. It sanctioned the use of £150,000 to remove remaining spoil tips from the area after
861-404: The Charity Commission chair role were "tested" on how they would use the watchdog's powers to rebalance charities by "refocusing" them on their founding missions", in response to what he described as "a worrying trend in some charities that appear to have been hijacked by a vocal minority seeking to burnish their woke credentials." Orlando Fraser was appointed as chair of the Charity Commission by
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#1732780058676902-585: The Charity Commission for advice. Some charities are 'excepted' from charity registration. This means they do not have to register or submit annual returns, but are in all other respects subject to regulation by the Charity Commission. A charity is excepted if its income is £100,000 or less and it is in one of the following groups: churches and chapels belonging to certain Christian denominations (until 2031); charities that provide premises for some types of schools; Scout and Guide groups; charitable service funds of
943-770: The Chester and Stoke-on-Trent District). More marginal churches include Assemblies of God , Baptist Union , Elim Pentecostal , United Reformed and the English Presbyterian Church of Wales in Chester . Aside from churches, there are two mosques in Cheshire West and Chester – one each in Chester and Ellesmere Port – which were subjected to property theft and racially aggravated disorder respectively in 2014. Cheshire West and Chester Council maintains six Local Nature Reserves : Burton Mill Wood, Helsby Quarry, Marshall's Arm, Rivacre Valley, Stanney Wood, and Whitby Park. There are no passenger airports in
984-888: The Mid-Cheshire district leagues who cater for the areas of knutsford, Northwich, Middlewich and Winsford where teams representing neighbourhoods/villages and/or pubs/social clubs ('pub teams') compete. The largest football stadium in Cheshire West and Chester is the Deva Stadium , home to Chester FC, although the ground famously straddles the England-Wales border . Whilst the borough per se does not have any twinning agreements, several of its settlements have agreements predating its creation in 2009, listed below: Registered charity in England The Charity Commission for England and Wales
1025-675: The Secretary of State on a three-year term commencing from 25 April 2022. This appointment was not without controversy, including the refusal of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sports Committee to endorse the appointment. Prior to restructuring in 2006, the equivalent of the Chair was the Chief Charity Commissioner. From 2006 the role of chief charity commissioner was replaced with those of chair and chief executive of
1066-742: The UK. In 2016, following the Olive Cooke scandal, the British fundraising regulatory landscape underwent a review, leading to the establishment of the Fundraising Regulator. The Fundraising Regulator is an independent oversight body without statutory authority. It serves as the regulatory authority for charitable fundraising, responsible for defining and promoting fundraising standards. Additionally, it investigates cases, addresses public complaints related to fundraising practices, and operates
1107-409: The approach set out in its Regulatory and Risk framework. The commission, therefore, began around 2007 to carry out an intermediate form of action described as regulatory compliance investigations. In 2010 it opened over 140 of these cases, compared to just three full statutory investigations. However, the legality of these actions was debatable as they lacked a statutory basis . A high-profile example
1148-506: The area are: Chester FC are the highest ranked club in the area and compete in the National League North (the sixth tier of English football . Northwich has four semi-professional teams – Barnton , Northwich Victoria , Witton Albion and 1874 Northwich – all of whom play in regional leagues. Winsford is also represented in the non-league pyramid by Winsford United , and Ellesmere Port by Vauxhall Motors FC –
1189-440: The armed forces; and students' unions . Registration of a charity in England and Wales does not endow that status elsewhere, thus further registration has to be made before operating in Scotland or Northern Ireland. Charities in Scotland are regulated by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator . In Northern Ireland the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland was established in 2009 to replace earlier regulation by
1230-696: The borough include the Manchester Ship Canal , Shropshire Union Canal , Trent and Mersey Canal and the Weaver Navigation . The latter two are connected together by the Anderton Boat Lift , near Northwich; this is the only caisson lift lock in the United Kingdom. The area is served by BBC North West and ITV Granada with television signals received from the Winter Hill TV transmitter . Radio stations for
1271-557: The borough; only a grass airfield exists in Little Budworth , with the nearest being Liverpool John Lennon Airport and Manchester Airport . National routes which pass through the borough include NCR5 , NCR45 ( Mercian Way ) , NCR56 , NCR562, NCR563, NCR568 and NCR573. Regional routes include 70 ( Cheshire Cycleway ) and 71. Three disused railways in the borough have been converted to off-road cycleways, including: The Shropshire Union Canal towpath between Waverton and
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1312-557: The city's outskirts: Boughton Heath , Sealand Road, Upton and Wrexham Road; they run on two lines which intersect at Chester Bus Interchange. A fifth site is proposed near Hoole Village . Hooton station is designated as a park and ride facility for railway services on the Wirral Line; it contains a 418-space car park. Chester railway station is the hub of the railway network in the borough, with around 4.7 million passengers annually. Passenger numbers doubled to this figure in
1353-555: The figure is not a significant outlier nationwide. The next largest ethnic group in the borough is Asian, who along with other ethnic minorities are supported by the Cheshire Asian & Minority Communities Council, a registered charity headquartered in Chester . The main religion in Cheshire West and Chester is Christianity , with a percentage figure above the average for England (46.3%, 2021 ). The single largest church
1394-661: The former works team of the Vauxhall Ellesmere Port assembly plant . Below level ten of the English pyramid are county-wide amateur leagues, with two covering the geographic area of the borough – the Cheshire Association Football League and West Cheshire Association Football League . Although several clubs are members of the former, many more compete in the latter. Below that is the Chester & Wirral Football League, and also
1435-429: The latest annual reports submitted by charities in England and Wales. During the financial year 2022–2023, the Commission regulated £88 billion of charity income and £85 billion of charity spend. To establish a charity, an organisation must first find at least three trustees whom will be responsible for the general control and management of the administration of the charity. The organisation needs to have
1476-483: The remodelling of a roundabout. The new design features a hamburger roundabout which has also proved controversial and the roundabout now creates delays especially on the A41 where tailbacks frequently reach 2 miles. An electoral ward of the same name exists. This ward had a population of 8,984 at the 2011 census. This Cheshire location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cheshire West and Chester Cheshire West and Chester
1517-524: The ten years to 2015, making the station the eighth-busiest in North West England . Railway lines, and their associated train operating companies in the borough, include: The sections of railway between Chester– Stockport and Chester– Warrington Bank Quay are proposed for electrification during the period 2019–2024. Motorways and primary routes in the borough which are maintained by National Highways ( trunk roads de jure ) include
1558-539: Was 38 miles (61 km), bringing the overall total in the borough to 312.5 miles (502.9 km). The total funding received from the cycling town project, which ended in 2011 when Cycling England was disbanded, was £4.4 million. A similar network of over 30 miles (48 km) of cycle routes branded the Ellesmere Port Grenway has been proposed by the town's development board. Chester has four park and ride sites located adjacent to radial routes on
1599-462: Was later reversed by the Commission. Between 2022 and 2023, the commission removed 4,146 charities from the register and concluded 5,726 regulatory action cases (includes 68 statutory inquiries). Prior to the 1840s, a body of commissioners had been established by the Statute of Charitable Uses 1601 ( 43 Eliz. 1 . c. 4), but these proved ineffective. The Charity Commission was first established by
1640-525: Was the commission's report into The Atlantic Bridge , after which that body was dissolved in September 2011. The commission announced in October 2011, in the context of cost-cutting and a re-focussing of its activities, that it would no longer carry out regulatory compliance investigations. In 2012, the commission refused to grant charitable status to Plymouth Brethren Christian Church , stating that it
1681-491: Was unclear whether the body's aims were compatible with the requirement for charities to have a public benefit. The commission stated that this was called into doubt as a result of the "exclusivity" of the body. The decision was discussed at a session of the Public Accounts Committee , during which MP Charlie Elphicke accused the commission of being "committed to the suppression of religion". The decision