Thread: Anti hunting group SAFE - petition to remove charity status

Why would public opinion - presented in the form of a petition - have any effect on the tax exempt charity status of an organisation? A lot of people don't like the Catholic church, but that is not grounds for revising their status as a charity.

To put it another way, if their tax exempt status is unwarranted, then surely just a single letter by one writer would be enough to point out that a correction is needed? To make my point another way again, if I get enough people to sign a petition, (like, all of them) then could I sway Inland Revenue into declaring by an overwelming groundswell of public support, that Carlsen Highway no longer needs to pay any income tax?

Forgive me I am just a humble hunting man and don't understand politics.