Date updated: Monday 12th July 2021

Upcoming changes on insolvency, charity names and identifying trustees

This article focuses on three specific areas: ‘Charity and Trustee Insolvency’, ‘Charity Names’ and ‘The Identity of a Charity’s Trustees’.

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News for leaseholders

Residential leasehold has been a topic of much attention over recent years.  Now, some organisations have provided commitments to change the terms of previous contracts and to repay some of the rent that homeowners have previously paid due to doubling ground rent clauses.

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Permanent Endowment

The Charities Bill makes many welcome amendments to the Charities Act 2011 (“CA 2011”) including in relation to regulation of permanent endowments which is often considered to be a complicated and complex area. The Bill goes some way to clarify the provisions in the CA 2011 as well as widening powers to spend from permanent endowment and introducing a new power to borrow from permanent endowment without Charity Commission consent.

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Stone King in the news

Charity & Social Enterprise Partner Julian Blake was among the key figures who gave evidence to the House of Lords Public Sector Services Committee recently; Julian’s appearance came as part of the Lords quest to understand how public services can be bolder in ‘levelling up’ communities.

You’ll find more information here; Julian also co-authored a piece for Pioneers Post on the same topic and this can be read in full here.

Upcoming webinars

Legacy issues for Faith charities - 13.07.2021

Virtual Charity Training: The essential trustee and governance in practice