The Charities Act 1993, schedule 2, Exempt Charities (i.e. charities exempt from the obligation to register with the Charity Commission), plus amendments to the schedule in The Charities Act 2006. See also 1997 Charity Commission booklet CC35 Charities and Trading and 1998 Inland Revenue booklet CS2 Trading by charities (complete) or edited version.

19/12/1990 Appeal Court judgment of Mustill LJ in Malcolm v. Oxford: "Mr Charkin took the decision [to reject Making Names], not because he thought the book was no good - he had never seen it and the reports were favourable - but because he thought it would not sell. Let there be no mistake about it, the failure of this transaction was about money, not prestige." The educational charity then spent over £500,000 defending a High Court claim over a £5,000 book, and lost. Click for the judgment complete - edited - case papers index - case history.

20/8/1993 The Bookseller OUP's and CUP's tax-exemption is unfair Letter by Adrian Soar, Managing Director of the Macmillan Press. First item in chronological linked Charity Reform series.

6/10/1995 The Independent Charitable charade Letter by Peter Johns.

27/6/1997 The Times Higher Charitable status quo Report by Harriet Swain.

4/2/1999 The Independent Barbaric dons After OUP's infamous poetry-axing, Arts Minister Alan Howarth wags an uncharitable finger.

5/2/1999 The Times Literary Supplement The Purpose and the Cost Attempted defence of the poetry-axing by OUP Finance Committee chairman Sir Keith Thomas: "OUP has to make a reasonable financial return to its owner." Exhibit A in any would-be hearing on OUP's tax-exempt status.

12/2/1999 The Times Literary Supplement Oxford's publishing policy Letter by Charles Martindale suggests referring OUP to the Office of Fair Trading.

12/2/1999 The Times Higher Mammon's Imprint Article by Valentine Cunningham. Oxford Eng Lit don urges withdrawal of OUP's charity status. Plus OUP fights corner and US presses' tax freedom.

19/2/1999 The Times OUP's scholarly record Letter by Richard Charkin: former OUP m.d. urges withdrawal of OUP's tax-exempt status.

2/4/1999 The Times Literary Supplement The War for Jericho Commentary article by Andrew Malcolm responding to Sir Keith Thomas.

17/7/1999 The Times OUP to invest £87 million in university 'Donations' later turn out to be bogus.

5-12/11/1999 Publication of The Remedy with 5th Appendix on the UPs' tax-exempt status. The Oxford Times OUP denies breach of charity rules, Oxford Student OUP accused of tax offence, Cherwell Cooking the books?

25/2/2000 Cherwell OUP profit row OUP to unload £60 million or not.

January 2001: OUP loses charitable status in India after a 25-year battle. Supreme Court judgment plus reports: Oxford Times - Oxford Mail - Bookseller - Private Eye 1 - Private Eye 2.

30/3/2001 The Times Higher (Education Supplement) Any final say in war of words? Review of The Remedy by Henry Hardy. Former OUP editor urges qualified withdrawal of OUP's tax-exempt status.

20/11/2001 The Guardian and Accountancy Age Colleges called to account and Corridors of power Reports by David Walker.

September 2002: PIU report: Recommendations on Charities (extracts) and Oxford Student report: College charity status reform.

9&15/8/2003 Oxford Mail & Times Tax criticism prompts OUP to spend £60m on Radcliffe Infirmary.

30/8/2003 The Guardian OUP's tax status questioned Article by Joel Rickett.

13/2/2007 The Hindu OUP profits could be covenanted Interview with CEO Henry Reece.

16/3/2007 The Bookseller Charities review could hit publishers Report by Tom Tivnan, plus educational OUP advert: Touch me minky.

17/4/2007 The Guardian Freedom of the presses Report by Jessica Shepherd, with first mention of OUP's 1978 tax-exemption: Please touch me minky. Also Cherwell version.

August 2007: under Freedom of Information, Akme obtains and posts the granted applications to the Inland Revenue by CUP (1975) and OUP (1977) for exemption from UK tax: Jig Up For Different Total Animals? Press Release and Index.

October 2007: Charity Commission issues its report on the public benefit consultation. Paragraph 52 mentions the university presses and this website: Akme's Palpable Charity Hit #2.

December 2007: Akme obtains and posts the failed applications by CUP (1940, 1941) and OUP (1944, 1950) for tax exemptions: The Wheedlers' War Press Release, Explanation and Index.

25/1/2008 The Bookseller Charity Squeeze begins Report by Tom Tivnan on tax-exempt publishers, especially OUP and CUP, plus 8/2/2008 Charity recollections opinion page letter by Andrew Malcolm widens debate to charitable status of Oxbridge colleges.

18/3/2008 The Charities Act 2006 comes into force requiring all registered charities to demonstrate that they provide 'public benefit'.

24/4/2008 The Bookseller Rivals attack OUP and CUP Report by Tom Tivnan.

16/5/2008 The Oxford Times OUP status attacked Report by Chris Koenig.

7/10/2008 The Guardian Private schools face charity status test case. Five schools to be examined.

17/10/2008 Private Eye Called to Ordure Government Public Administration Select Committee grills Dame Suzi Leather (Charity Commission chairperson).

27/10/2008 The Scotsman Four private schools lose charity status in Scotland.

March 2009: Akme obtains and posts newly-released Inland Revenue papers concerning CUP's and OUP's secret tax exemptions of 1976/8: The Ultra Vires Poise Volte-Face Press Release and revised Index.

15/4/2009 The Guardian The Oxbridge presses aren't charities, but are given unfair tax breaks Response article by Andrew Malcolm: the truth told for the first time in a British newspaper.

30/4/2009 Letter to Andrew Malcolm from the Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) re. the Oxbridge universities, colleges and presses: "In October 2009 the (Oxbridge) universities will be stripped of their exemption [i.e. will be obliged to register as charities and to provide public benefit]."

5/7/2009 The Sunday Times Charity test signals rise in school fees Report by Sian Griffiths and Maurice Chittenden.

14/7/2009 The Guardian Offer free places or lose charity status, private schools told Report by Polly Curtis and Owen Bowcott.

9/8/2009 The Sunday Times Oxford University Press nets £100m Report by James Ashton on university's pre-tax-heist. Also see Oxford Times.

11/8/2009 The Guardian Private schools threaten legal action to keep charity millions Report by Peter Wilby and Polly Curtis.

14/9/2009 The Guardian QC challenges private school law Report by Polly Curtis.

6/10/2009 The Guardian Stop treating us like traitors, pleads private schools chief Report by Polly Curtis.

8/10/2009 The Times Independent schools to keep tax breaks after charity chief backs down Report by Joanna Sugden, plus Malcolm comment.

8/10/2009 The Independent Commission chief caves in to pressure from private schools Report by Richard Garner.

24/12/2009 The Independent Tories would let public schools keep charitable status, says Gove Report by Richard Garner.

24/4/2010 The Scotsman Open up to communities or lose charity status, private schools told Report by Fiona McLeod.

12/5/2010 Lib-Con coalition government formed after inconclusive general election of 6th May. Privately-educated Oxbridge cabinet predominates.

1/6/2010 The Higher Education Funding Council for England becomes the principal charity regulator for higher education (the universities and their presses). The Oxbridge colleges are to be regulated by the Charity Commission. Click for Akme-edited HEFCE statements, the HEFCE-CC Memorandum of Understanding, and the AHUA litigation guidelines. Click for the HEFCE website (exits www.akme).

Mid-2010 Bookmakers - British Publishing in the Twentieth Century by Professor Iain Stevenson suggests shock answer to 1978 Ultra Vires Poise Volte-Face Puzzle. Did Oxford in 1978 simply bribe the Inland Revenue officers?

August 2010: Oxford announces that it will not print the OED3, which will be digital only: OUP's last vestigial claim to charity status relinquished. Reports (exit www.akme): Daily Mail and Guardian.

29/1/2011 The Independent Leave our private schools alone: Tories' warning to Quango Queen Report by Oliver Wright.

3/2/2011 Letter to Andrew Malcolm from Public Accounts Select Committee (PASC) re. the Oxbridge universities, colleges and presses: colleges to be regulated, but previous letter contradicted, and no mention of HEFCE. Is it a backslide?

March 2001 Maybe not completely. Under the Charities Act 2001 it is confirmed that the Oxbridge colleges will no longer be 'exempt' (unregulated) charities, but will at last be subject to scrutiny (and some control?) by the Charity Commissioners. An advance, certainly, but have the Oxbridge presses yet again slipped through the wordy, bureaucratic net? Clearly, OUP thinks it has...

9/9/2011 The Bookseller OUP set for acquisitions hunt Report and interview with Nigel Portwood by Tom Tivnan, with link to theme song. Look out, book folk, Toupsy's hungry. See also Akme's provisional list of OUP acquisitions 1989-2011.

14/10/2011 The Guardian Private schools win £100m charities tax relief test case. Report by Jessica Shepherd. Private schools off the hook thanks to Judicial Review: no surprise there, then.

21/1/2013 The Bookseller OUP buys Nelson Thornes. Collated reports of lay-offs as Toupsy secures a third of the market.

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October 2013 www.akme(dea) linkwashed ('spamdexed') by educational charity.

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20/1/2022 Times Higher Education Supplement Internecine war a huge failure. Acute opinion piece by Alan Rusbridger: no faith, no hope, no charity.

4/8/2022 The Times Higher (Education Supplement) Has the Martyn Percy affair exposed flaws in the Oxbridge college system? report by Jack Grove: Status Quo Vadis?

10/11/2022 The Charity Commission Official Warning to Christ Church, Oxford with links to charitable background.