Locations
19 July 2013
New Charity Commission guidance on decision making for charity trustees
The guidance, It's Your Decision, explains the key principles of decision making that the courts and the Charity Commission expect trustees to apply when they are making significant or strategic decisions about their charity.
Charity Commission
22 July 2013
Subscribing to The Public Eye gives insight on public and regulatory law issues
Recent topics include adverse inferences in regulatory proceedings before the SRA and BSB, Football Association rule changes, as well as Miller v General Medical Council on public/private hearings, and the decision in R (on the application of Adesina & Others) v Nursing and Midwifery Council on the subject of time limits for statutory appeals.
Fieldfisher
23 July 2013
Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme detailed guidance
HMRC has published detailed guidance on GASDS. Eligible charities and CASCs can claim payments from HMRC on small cash donations of £20 or less that they receive from 6 April 2013
HMRC
25 July 2013
UK social investment market is being held back, warns think-tank
In Best to invest?, a new social investment guide for funders, NPC finds that the crucial ‘next wave’ of potential funders is being put off by the perceived complexity of social investment
New Philanthropy Capital
25 July 2013
Statutory inquiry into Africa Relief Trust
The Charity Commission will consider whether Africa Relief Trust charity trustees have properly discharged their duties when making decisions to enter into tenancy agreements and concerns over their business rates relief arrangements.
Charity Commission
29 July 2013
Charity Commission News - Issue 43
The latest Charity Commission newsletter includes tips on protecting against fraud and explains how to help shape the accounting framework for charities and obtain advice from the Information Commissioner's Office.
Charity Commission