Section 10: A society's name

Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 · 2014 c. 14View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 2: Name, rules, powers etc

A society may not be registered under this Act under a name which in the opinion of the FCA is undesirable.

If the FCA is satisfied that a society's objects are wholly charitable or benevolent—

it may register the society by a name which does not comply with subsection (2), or
it may give the society approval under section 13 for a change of name to one that does not comply with that subsection.

But if it subsequently appears to the FCA that the society (whether in consequence of a change in its rules or otherwise) is not being conducted wholly for charitable or benevolent objects—

the FCA may direct that the word "limited" (or in an appropriate case "cyfyngedig") be added as the last word in the society's name, and
if it does so, it must give the society notice of the direction.

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