A few thoughts.
Firstly, I have had manuals refused despite the fact that they are direct copies of ones which have been previously approved.
Secondly, and not wanting to be confrontational, there is a significant amount of time, effort and money spent on producing manuals. I would think that those of us who have produced them may be slightly reticent as far as charity is concerned.
Finally, if you approach the problem with a "it will gather dust on the shelf" attitude, I suspect the Regulator will drive a coach and horses through your business. Remember, you will ultimately be audited against these manuals.
Finally, I agree that much of this is overkill for registered facilities who already have enough on their plates with Nu-regulation, costs etc. However, for now we are stuck with it.