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27 May 2025

2 mins

Kids Company judicial review

On 20 May 2025, the High Court delivered its judgment in Kids Company’s judicial review of the Charity Commission’s report. We provide commentary and analysis on this judgment.

28 Apr 2025

3 mins

Revised Charity Commission guidance on trustee payments and expenses

This refresh is part of the Commission’s continuing project to rewrite much of its major guidance. The aim is to make it more accessible – apparently most trustees access guidance on their mobile phone screens.

27 Mar 2025

4 mins

Spring Statement 2025

Whilst the Chancellor’s Spring Statement did not include any specific mention of charities, or ease concerns regarding the impending increase to Employers National Insurance contributions, the sector will of course be following developments closely, noting that some of the changes coming down the track, notably welfare reforms, have the potential to drive demand for services.

14 Mar 2025

3 mins

Digital Markets, Consumers and Competition Act 2024 (DMCCA)

The government confirmed this week that most of the consumer protection elements of the DMCCA will be coming into force on 6 April 2025 i.e. in 3 weeks time!

11 Mar 2025

2 mins

The impact of USAID cuts on UK charities

There is no good news for charities coming out of the United States at present. From funding cuts domestically and overseas, to threatened litigation and withdrawal of tax exemptions, the picture is bleak.

26 Feb 2025

1 mins

Landmark overturning of Charity Commission trustee disqualification

Having followed the news on Naomi Campbell's appeal against her charity trustee ban, it's interesting to see that the Charity Tribunal has, for the first time, quashed a Charity Commission for England and Wales trustee disqualification order this month.

26 Feb 2025

2 mins

Are companies now more trouble than they are worth?

Any charity established as a company limited by guarantee should be aware of significant changes to the way they will be regulated by Companies House. The changes are being brought in by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2024 have and will come into force in tranches until 2026.

25 Feb 2025

2 mins

Charities and Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024

A cross-disciplinary team has put their minds together to assess the impact of DMCC on charities. Here are the key takeaways that all charities need to know about.

25 Feb 2025

1 mins

Protection of workers and the public at premises and events

Following the attacks at the Manchester Arena, draft legislation was put forward to protect the public from further attacks.

25 Feb 2025

4 mins

New Charities SORP is on its way – are you ready?

In March 2024, the FRC issued a revised FRS 102, the Financial Reporting Standard which underpins the Charities SORP. The effective date for most amendments is periods beginning on or after 1 January 2026. The new Charities SORP will be issued in the Autumn of 2025, after a proposed consultation period between March and June.

25 Feb 2025

4 mins

New failure to prevent fraud offence is coming in September 2025

On 5 January 2025 the Charity Commission issued a regulatory alert asking charities to prepare for the new offence of failure to prevent fraud and to Enhance their approach to preventing fraud and to seek professional legal advice where necessary.

27 Jan 2025

1 mins

Data protection changes for charities

We have recently published a summary briefing of the main provisions in the Data (Use and Access) Bill. The Bill includes changes to data protection law intended to support the research, archiving and statistics (RAS) purposes in UK GDPR, as well as new obligations in relation to complaints-handling.