Charity registration of Urabba Parks
Charities associated with the Enactorate of Urabbaparcensia Proprietary Limited are members of the Urabbaparcensian_ACNC Group (sometimes called the Urabbaparcensian Empire), a group of Urabbaparcensian charities established by Australia's federal charity regulator.
History
- See also: Economy of Urabba ParksThe Enactorate of Urabbaparcensia Proprietary Limited is a company incorporated as Urabba Parks Pty Ltd in 2012, a year of change for Australia's charity sector. Immediately upon the allocation of the Australian Business Number of Urabba Parks, Founder Danny Racovolis applied to the Australian Taxation Office for exemption from income tax as a charitable institution under the provisions governing tax exemptions for charities at the time. However that year, the Australian Government under Julia Gillard created the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) in an effort to modernise the regulation of charities in Australia. The ACNC registered Urabba Parks Pty Ltd as a charity under the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012 on the day of its Royal Assent, 3 December 2012.[1]
On 5 March 2024, the company accepted trusteeship of an environmental organisation, the Athena Urabbanakis Promachos Trust.
Subtypes
Each charity registered under the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012 must be registered with a subtype to reflect its charitable purposes. Urabba Parks Pty Ltd was originally registered under the subtype of "another purpose beneficial to the community". On 1 January 2014, with the reform of subtypes, Urabba Parks Pty Ltd is registered under the subtypes of:
- Purposes beneficial to the general public that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to, or within the spirit of, any of the other charitable purposes: This would cover activities in charitable democracy in addition to natural environment activities (see below)
- Advancing the natural environment: This covers the activities in the Flandrensian Ecological County of New Eurabba and environmental protection activities undertaken by the Urabba Parks Operations Network
As of 4 August 2022, Urabba Parks Pty Ltd remained registered under the 2014 subtypes.[1]
Ongoing obligations and reporting
As a registered charity, Urabba Parks Pty Ltd must maintain adherence to the ACNC Governance Standards.[2] For example, compliance with Governance Standard 1 (Not-for-profit and working towards charitable purpose) requires Urabba Parks Pty Ltd to only pursue objects falling in its registered subtypes, and provide information to the public regarding its activities.
Annual information statements
Macronational law requires the Enactorate of Urabbaparcensia Proprietary Limited to lodge annual information statements with the ACNC, which contain information regarding the entity's finances and activities for each financial year (ending 30 June).[3]
Group
The Urabbaparcensian ACNC Group is a group formed on 29 May 2024 to represent the interests of Urabbaparcensia's charity sector and lodge a single annual information statement for the group each financial year.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Charity register >> Urabba Parks Pty Ltd >> History. Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ↑ Governance Standards. ACNC. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ↑ Governance Standard 1: Not-for-profit and working towards charitable purpose. ACNC. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
See also
- Charity, basis for the formation of some micronations
- Charitable democracy (Urabba Parks), basis for Urabbaparcensian governance
- Grand Duchy of Flandrensis, also registered as a charity