# Registered societies

For registered societies, there are now only two sub-types that have not been deprecated. All new registered societies must be of one or the other type, but the older types tend actually to be better known:

* co-operative
* community benefit society
* friendly society [deprecated]
* working men's club [deprecated]
* credit union [deprecated]
* about half a dozen other deprecated varieties

It is possible for community benefit societies also to be charities.