Identity for ML Regs

KaelaH

I've recently taken on a charity as a new client for bookkeeping & accounts, possibly payroll soon too. To cover myself on ML regs am I asking too much to get ID for all trustees or is it enough to ask for say the Chairman & Treasurer?
I can't seem to find exact guidance in the ML file, can't see for looking )

Monsoon

As officers of charities sometimes change annually, it would be excessively laborious to ID every new officer every time they change.

I think we have just done the chairman and treasurer.

I'm not sure if that's technically correct but on a risk sensitive basis (which all ML checks need to be driven by) I decided the local pre-school probably wasn't an Al Qaeda nest and that the ladies I'd met were likely indicative of the rest of them, i.e. legit!

KaelaH

Thanks Monsoon, that was my thoughts too. This is a small preschool and, like you say, they're only in it to keep the organisation running and "do their bit" until another committee takes over next year.