1. Must have charitable purposes
   1. S2(1) and S3(1) Charities Act
2. Must have sufficient public benefit
   1. Must be beneficial.
      1. S4(2) CA 2011
   2. To the public in general or a sufficient section
      1. Geographical restrictions
         1. Acceptable if related to charity
         2. IRC v Baddeley
      2. Personal characteristic restrictions fine
      3. Relief of poverty is fine
         1. Re Scarisbrick
      4. Political purposes are not charitable
   3. Must not give rise to incidental personal benefit
      1. Re Compton
         1. Educating children in family
            1. "Cannot have a personal nexus"
      2. Oppenheim v Tobacco Securities
         1. All employees of same company
            1. Not public interest
3. Must be exclusively charitable
   1. If stated purpose of trust includes anything which isn't charitable. Whole trust won't be.
4. Beneficiary principle
   1. Valid even if it fails the beneficiary principle
5. Rule against perpetuities
   1. Charities can last indefinitely.