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Reforms on the way – co-operatives and community benefit societies
The Law Commission has turned its focus to co-operative societies and community benefit societies, Martyn Robinson discusses the issues.
Charities Act 2022 reforms: Amendments to charity property provisions
On 14 June the second group of reforms under the Charities Act 2022 were brought into force by the Charities Act 2022 (Commencement No. 2 and Saving provisions) Regulations 2023. These reforms bring in some important amendments to the provisions dealing with charity property and aim to simplify some of the statutory requirements.
The Charities Bill: What difference does it make to our charity?
The Law Commission has made a series of recommendations for legislative change to the Charities Act 2011 following extensive consultation.
Refresh your governance: new Charity Governance Code
Refresh your governance: new Charity Governance Code. For all Boards of Trustees who are applying the Charity Governance Code, or are thinking of doing so, you need to read the new Code just published. The emphasis is on refreshing the Code and this is not a dramatic rewrite.
Charity Commission 5 minute guides
The Charity Commission has recently published 5 new 5 minute guides that trustees and charity operational staff may find a useful reminder of the basic principles for running a charity
Hempsons celebrate another great year in The Legal 500
We are delighted to announce another outstanding year for Hempsons in The Legal 500. Our team has been praised for its exceptional reputation and high quality of work over the past year.
Hempsons’ Charities and Social Enterprise Newsbrief: Autumn/Winter 2018
Welcome to our autumn/winter 2018 edition of Hempsons’ Charities and Social Enterprise Newsbrief.
Trust Matters
“Trust Matters”. These are the bywords of the Charity Commission for its recent report on public trust in charities, issued in July 2018.
Trust Matters
“Trust Matters”. These are the bywords of the Charity Commission for its recent report on public trust in charities, issued in July.
Trustees – Understand & Improve your Governance – Ian Hempseed to speak at Sheffield Law Society event
Sheffield & District Law Society are hosting a talk for charity Trustees where Hempsons' Ian Hempseed will be speaking. The aim of the talk is to help charity trustees understand their responsibilities and the demarcation of roles between them and the Chief Executive.
Social Enterprise: all aboard?
It was something I heard debated around the time the Social Value Act was being put together: an earlier draft of the legislation had included a definition of ‘social enterprise’ with the idea being that only social enterprises (with a capital ‘S’ and a capital ‘E’) could benefit. However, this was ultimately rejected in the parliamentary process leaving open the possibility that anyone who wanted to (even the private sector) could offer social value as part of a public sector procurement process and get the same credit for it as a CIC or a charity or someone else traditionally seen as part of the ‘not for profit’ sector.