Singapore legislation

Regulation 7A

of Charities (Accounts and Annual Report) Regulations 2011

Regulation 7A

Annual report for financial year starting on or after 1 January 2018

Amended byS 406/2025 wef 13/06/2025S 406/2025 wef 13/06/2025S 406/2025 wef 13/06/2025S 170/2018 wef 01/04/2018

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 406/2025 wef 13/06/2025

An annual report required under section 14 of the Act in respect of a financial year starting on or after 1 January 2018 must —

(a)

comply with regulation 7; and

(b)

subject to paragraph (3) —

(i)

in respect of any financial year starting before 1 January 2024 — contain the appropriate Governance Evaluation Checklist set out in the Fifth Schedule; or

(ii)

in respect of any financial year starting on or after 1 January 2024 — contain the appropriate Governance Evaluation Checklist set out in the Sixth Schedule.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 406/2025 wef 13/06/2025

Where more than one Governance Evaluation Checklist mentioned in paragraph (1)(b)(i) applies to a charity, the charity must submit a duly completed Governance Evaluation Checklist that is of the highest tier.

Subregulation 2A

Amended byS 406/2025 wef 13/06/2025

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b)(ii), where both the Governance Evaluation Checklists set out in the Sixth Schedule apply to a charity, the charity must submit a duly completed Governance Evaluation Checklist set out in Part 2 of that Schedule.

Subregulation 3

The requirement in paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to —

(a)

an exempt charity which is not an institution of a public character;

(b)

a self‑funded grantmaker which is not an institution of a public character; or

(c)

any registered charity which is not an institution of a public character and whose gross annual receipts, or the total expenditure if higher, in any of the 2 financial years preceding the current financial year, is less than $50,000.

Subregulation 4

For the purpose of paragraph (3)(c), “gross annual receipts” includes all income, grants, donations, sponsorships and all other receipts of any kind.

Subregulation 5

Amended byS 170/2018 wef 01/04/2018

In this regulation, “self‑funded grantmaker” means any registered charity that is —

(a)

solely funded by an individual, an individual together with the individual’s family members, or a single person (whether corporate or not); and

(b)

established to grant moneys for exclusively charitable purposes.