Anybody familiar with this area? A charity owns properties (almshouses) that it leases to tenants. The Charity is administered by voluntary governors and day to day management is carried out by a 'Receiver', Superintendent and Clerk. The question is, who is ultimately responsible for managing health and safety?

Hi Decimomal, charity trustees are always volunteers, which is how they differ from board members in commercial organisations. As the directing mind of the organisation they are accountable for H&S, the managers would be responsible for the actual execution of safety policy, John

I would guess that the charity is legally the employer- a body corporate. The trustees would have duties similar to directors (Section 37 Health and Safety at Work Act 1974). The receiver, clerk and superintendent would be the employees.