Just reading through the Charities Commission site and came across this:
http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Library/registration/pdfs/cosdecsum.pdf
Can somebody with time to read this report closely, and hopefully some legal nous check it out? If there is anything remotely similar between the Church of Scientology and JW's, there might be serious grounds for a legal challenge to their charitable status.
Also - does anyone know whether 'authority figures' within individual halls have had enhanced CRB checks. 'Authority figure' would include anyone to whom a child or vulnerable person 'looks up to' - elders, MS, sidespeople, microphone holders, whatever! If they haven't, it appears that as of this month they will be breaching their conditions as a charity.
Off to read some more...