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In our previous article, we looked at the increasingly crowded and competitive world that charities operate in. This time, we think about one aspect in particular of charities which might help them – interaction with the private sector. In its fairly lengthy recent report, the Law Family Commission on Civil Society set out various ways … Read more
I’ve been wondering over the last little while whether the charitable sector might be one of the most competitive in the country. How many charities are there? Well, we start with the Charity Commission figures ie the number of registered charities. That’s about 170,000 – and it grows every year. However, on top of that … Read more
This note sets out a high-level summary of key announcements regarding funding, support, and guidance available for social enterprises and charities as of 20 April 2020. Changes and announcements are made regularly and updates should be monitored on an ongoing basis. This note is divided into four sections – UK Government Support Package; Other Sources … Read more
In the fifth episode of our Private Wealth & Charities podcast series Richard Norridge and Ben Pollard, Founder and CEO of charity Local Welcome discuss the charity’s past, present and future. Local Welcome aims to make it fun and easy to cook and eat with refugees in various communities across the UK. You can find … Read more
In December 2019, the Charity Commission announced its intention to make an application to the High Court in relation to the residual funds held by the insolvent Dove Trust (registered charity number 287401). The application comes following the third and final distribution of the charity’s assets to creditors by the Commission-appointed interim manager and seeks … Read more
The Charity Commission has, pursuant to its powers under section 181A of the Charities Act 2011 (the “CA“), disqualified three former trustees of Kingdom Life Ministries (charity registration number 1109664) following a statutory inquiry which found the former trustees received unauthorised payments totalling £456,853.68 between 1 June 2013 and 13 November 2018. Read more
In the fourth episode of our Private Wealth and Charities podcast series, Richard Norridge, Michael Hunt and Jade Hu discuss the ins and outs of registering a charity in England & Wales. We focus on some common pitfalls and problems which we have seen arise in practice when applying to register a charity, and share … Read more
In Routier and another v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs [2019] UKSC 43, the UK Supreme Court overturned an earlier Court of Appeal ruling and held that a testamentary gift of assets in the UK to a charitable trust in Jersey was entitled to inheritance tax (“IHT“) relief. The decision turned on whether … Read more
In this second part of our third episode of our Private Wealth and Charities podcast series Richard Norridge and Mark Adair discuss music and law. Mark had a successful career as a composer before joining the firm, and shares his thoughts on what he has taken from his creative past into his legal career. The … Read more
