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I haven't looked too deeply into the UK laws about this but I appreciate your insight. Do you have any particular resources you'd recommend for reading more on

• sparkie 7y ago
  There's a wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_interest_company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_interest_company giving an overview. The full details are all on the gov.uk website. Specific points about political activites covered in legislation: (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1788/part/2/made http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1788/part/2/made) "For the purposes of the community interest test the following activities are to be treated as not being activities which a reasonable person might consider are activities carried on for the benefit of the community: the promotion of, or the opposition to, changes in any law applicable in Great Britain or elsewhere; or the policy adopted by any governmental or public authority in relation to any matter ..." Yikes. I recall reading it when I was considering starting a CIC some years ago, but reading it again now has me cringing at how authoritarian it is.