Public Trust Compliance · Panaji, Goa
Prompt Change Report filing with the Charity Commissioner — reporting a new or outgoing trustee, a change in trust property or any other change in your registered trust’s particulars — filed within the prescribed time so the Public Trust Register stays accurate.
Overview
Whenever there is a change in the entries of a registered public trust — a trustee is appointed or retires, the trust property changes, or any other recorded particular is altered — the trust must report it to the Charity Commissioner through a Change Report.
Under the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, the change report is filed within ninety days of the change. The office may hold an enquiry before recording it. We prepare the report with the supporting resolutions and documents, file it on time, and update the trust’s standing alongside its annual accounts.
What's covered
Every reportable change in a registered trust.
Get a fixed-fee quote →Reporting appointment, retirement, death or removal of a trustee.
Reporting acquisition, sale or change in the trust property.
Reporting changes to the name, address or other entries.
Resolutions, consents and proofs that support the change.
Filing the report and attending any enquiry by the office.
Securing the order and the updated entry on the register.
Our process
We confirm what changed and what must be reported.
Resolutions, consents and documents assembled.
Change report filed within the prescribed time.
Enquiry handled and the register updated.
Frequently asked questions
A change report is the filing by which a registered public trust informs the Charity Commissioner of a change in its recorded particulars, such as its trustees or property. It allows the Public Trust Register to be kept accurate and up to date.
Under the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, a change report must generally be filed within ninety days of the change occurring. Filing within this period keeps the trust compliant and the register current.
Reportable changes include the appointment, retirement, death or removal of a trustee, changes in the trust property such as acquisition or sale, and changes to other entries like the trust's name or address that are recorded on the register.
The report is due within the prescribed period, commonly ninety days. A delayed report can usually still be filed, but delay can lead to questions from the office and complicate the trust's standing, so prompt filing is best.
Typically the trustees' resolution recording the change, the consent or relevant proof for an incoming or outgoing trustee, documents evidencing any property change, and the trust's registration details. We collate and prepare these for filing.
The Charity Commissioner may conduct an enquiry to verify the change before passing an order recording it. Once the order is made, the change is reflected on the Public Trust Register. We follow the matter through to that update.
Not reporting a change can leave the register inaccurate and expose the trustees to questions and complications in the trust's dealings and later filings. Reporting changes within the prescribed time avoids these difficulties.
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