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Last week, the Chancellor announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will be extended until the end of...

On Saturday 4 April the government issued updated guidance regarding the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, clarifying...

Many charities will have taken comfort from the Charity Commission's announcement earlier this month that it will be...

At Wilsons we wanted to keep you up to date with our plans due to COVID-19 and recent advice from the Government.

The...

The Spring/Summer 2020 edition of the Wilsons magazine is out now. This edition features the usual mixture of legal and...

Welcome

Welcome to the Spring edition of our newsletter for charities.

In this issue we'll be exploring a variety of...

Charities are understandably cautious about taking legal charges over the property of their beneficiaries, but it is...

If a charitable company or CIO makes changes to its constitution, failure to comply with the filing requirements of the...

Prior to the introduction of corporate gift aid, it was usual for charity trading subsidiaries to have deeds of...

Nelson Mandela said “From the poorest of countries to the richest of nations, education is the key to moving forward in...

Not just digging and wading...

Tom Harriott from Wilsons' IT team tells us about the Harnham Water Meadows Trust, of...

Yes, it's that time of year again - well done to all the Wilsons' staff who wore their Christmas Jumpers to the...

Andrew Mackie tells us about a charity called 'Give Us Time', of which he has been a Trustee since December 2018.

What...

In this series of articles we will be looking at commercial lease dilapidations.  Our focus is to look at dilapidations...

Welcome

Welcome to our latest e-alert which summarises some of the current issues affecting the charity sector.

In...

If, like Brenda from Bristol, you're thinking "not another one", it might be because your charity undertakes...

It's often claimed that there are too many charities all doing the same thing – and sometimes that there are too many...

Following the publication of the Law Commission's paper "Technical issues in Charity Law", published in September 2017,...

Various revelations and reports in the early part of last year - notably, those concerning Oxfam and Save the Children...

If a charity charges fees for the provision of goods, property or services it may be engaging in trading activity. The...

If your school receives or is threatened with a SEND Tribunal claim, it is worth noting the recent finding by The Upper...

We have summarised our advice to schools on the rights of their EU workers and schools' obligations leading up to and...

We live in a society where most people gain their political information from their parents, whom vote Labour or...

Many readers will be familiar with receiving and dealing with grievances, but could you spot a whistleblowing...

Background

IR35 was introduced in 2000.  It was designed to reduce tax avoidance by contractors who HMRC believed to...

Andrew Mackie featured on the BBC One programme 'Britain's Secret Charity Cheats' which aired on 27 May 2019.

He was...

The Spring/Summer edition of our biannual magazine is out now and is a mixture of the usual thought-provoking legal...

If a serious incident happened at your school, would you report it to the Charity Commission?

The Charity Commission...

Stephen Oxley has been featured in UK Fundraising commenting on the 27% rise in charity closures from 2017-18.

Stephen...

Background

November 2018 saw the arrival of the Charity Digital Code, a voluntary and free to use digital code of...

HM Land Registry: The 2030 Goal of 'Comprehensive Registration'

If your school has unregistered land on-site or in...

Rupert Wilkinson has been featured in the Financial Times commenting on charitable donations this Christmas.

Rupert...

On 1 August 2018, new provisions of the Charities Act 2011 came into force, bolstering the rules that govern the...

Wilsons Partner, Charlotte Watts, comments on the 27% jump in UK charitable bequests worth £1m+

There has been a 27%...

Charlotte Watts has been featured in the Financial Times commenting on charitable bequests.

Charlotte comments: "The...

A newly established trading subsidiary is likely to need start-up capital if it is to operate. But there can be tax...

The General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR") will have direct effect in the UK from 25 May 2018 and overhauls...