I advise charity and education clients on a wide range of governance and commercial matters.
I advise charity and education clients on a wide range of governance and commercial matters.
I have over 25 years’ experience advising charity clients of all shapes and sizes on matters such as establishment, governance, funding, reorganisation, group structures, mergers, acquisitions, trading and dealing with the Charity Commission. In the last fifteen years, I have also specialised in governance arrangements for trust schools and academies and have been involved in establishing and providing ongoing advice to well over 250 academies and multi-academy trusts.
Last week saw a significant easing of social distancing measures in England from 4 July”.
The last few weeks have proved what charities can achieve when put to the test – but we also need to remember that, now more than ever, charities need our support.
It will come as no surprise that this round-up focuses on the coronavirus pandemic and how it is affecting charities.
A recent High Court case suggests that the Charity Commission is now more inclined to utilise its regulatory powers than ever before.
In 2014, the Charity Commission released its first guidance for charities on reporting serious incidents. The Commission has recently updated this guidance.
On 1 April 2019, new rules will come into force concerning how academy trusts must deal with reporting related party transactions.
The Finance Bill 2019, as announced in the Autumn Budget 2018, includes a small but welcome adjustment to the small-scale trading exemption which applies to charities.
The Charity Commission has recently published two pieces of updated guidance relating to safeguarding and serious incident reporting.
The Education and Skills Funding Agency has published its annual update of the Academies Financial Handbook, which became effective on 1 September 2018.
A recent review has brought into question the position regarding donations made by for-profit subsidiary companies to their parent charities.
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