Trustees have a legal responsibility for the running of a charity or registered company, but, under charity law, they must be 18 or over.
The organisation registered itself as a company with young trustees, but when it applied to become a charity it was told trustees had to be over 18. Funky Dragon successfully argued that since companies are allowed to have young trustees, then charities should be able to as well.
The organisation also managed to counter the objection that under-18s cannot sign legal contracts. It pointed out that young people were allowed to sign such documents under law, although such contracts are only legally binding on the adult.
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