REG/2013/02
Register of Holding Entities
- Kind:
- Report
- Date:
- May 2013
- Origin:
- Compiled by the treasurer with the Institute's solicitors. Revised 2021.
- Access:
- Open. Filings are public in every jurisdiction listed.
The dull legal truth: six separate local bodies, no central ownership, and the consequence that the Institute cannot compel a house.
Catalogue card · REG/2013/02 · silver gelatin, contact print
REGISTER OF HOLDING ENTITIES REG/2013/02
There is no single legal person called the Continuance Institute which owns
anything. Property is held by six local bodies, each governed by its own
members under its own law:
Continuance North, Inc. Maine, USA. 501(c)(3).
Holds North, River, Orchard, Briar.
Continuance Atlantic Society Nova Scotia, Canada. Registered society.
Holds Shore, Cedar.
The Fell Trust England and Wales. Registered charity.
Holds Fell. Leases Lantern.
Kraško društvo Continuance Slovenia. Registered association.
Holds Karst.
Continuance Aotearoa Trust New Zealand. Charitable trust.
Holds South.
The Central Office Maine. Unincorporated. Holds nothing;
employs the salaried posts and is funded
by a levy of 6% on house income.
CONSEQUENCE, stated because it is regularly misunderstood: the stewardship
cannot direct a house to sell, spend, close, or transfer anything. It can
record a finding, publish it, and withhold the levy's services. That is the
whole of its power over property and it has twice been insufficient.
CONSEQUENCE, second: a house which left the Institute would keep its
building. This has been raised at every reconciliation since 1988 and no
change has been made, because the alternative is central ownership and the
stewardship has judged central ownership the greater risk.
Lantern House is leased and not owned. The lease expires in 2031 and the
landlord has not said whether it will be renewed.
Catalogued at the North House · reproduction permitted for study · redactions are not itemised