The IR35 regime will soon be upon us – are you prepared?
19 January 2021
It was a relief to many organisations and contractors that the new IR35 Regulations ("Regulations") which were…
19 January 2021
It was a relief to many organisations and contractors that the new IR35 Regulations ("Regulations") which were…
7 December 2020
The country has seen light at the end of the tunnel with the approval last week of a vaccine, which it is hoped…
1 December 2020
Welcome
A lot has happened in the world since our last update so we start this edition with an overview of…
30 November 2020
This webinar was recorded on 26 November 2020.
In this video our Employment team discuss the challenges of…
17 November 2020
This article was updated on 18 November 2020.
Further to our previous update on the extension to furlough, the…
3 November 2020
The end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020 is now only 9 weeks away.
Coronavirus has stolen…
3 November 2020
As we approach the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020, businesses which currently employ, or plan…
3 November 2020
During the referendum campaign along with ‘Get Brexit Done’ what we heard a lot of was the introduction of new…
28 September 2020
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has announced the replacement to the Coronavirus Job Retention…
21 September 2020
This article was first published in the September 2020 Charity News Review from The Association of Charitable…
18 May 2020
Last week, the Chancellor announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will be extended until the…
6 April 2020
On Saturday 4 April the government issued updated guidance regarding the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme,…
30 March 2020
Many charities will have taken comfort from the Charity Commission's announcement earlier this month that it…
19 March 2020
At Wilsons we wanted to keep you up to date with our plans due to COVID-19 and recent advice from the…
17 March 2020
The Spring/Summer 2020 edition of the Wilsons magazine is out now. This edition features the usual mixture of…
24 February 2020
Welcome
Welcome to the Spring edition of our newsletter for charities.
In this issue we'll be exploring a…
21 February 2020
Charities are understandably cautious about taking legal charges over the property of their beneficiaries, but…
21 February 2020
If a charitable company or CIO makes changes to its constitution, failure to comply with the filing…
21 February 2020
Prior to the introduction of corporate gift aid, it was usual for charity trading subsidiaries to have deeds of…
7 January 2020
Nelson Mandela said “From the poorest of countries to the richest of nations, education is the key to moving…
6 January 2020
Not just digging and wading...
Tom Harriott from Wilsons' IT team tells us about the Harnham Water Meadows…
24 December 2019
Yes, it's that time of year again - well done to all the Wilsons' staff who wore their Christmas Jumpers to the…
23 December 2019
Andrew Mackie tells us about a charity called 'Give Us Time', of which he has been a Trustee since December…
20 November 2019
In this series of articles we will be looking at commercial lease dilapidations. Our focus is to look at…
4 September 2019
Welcome
Welcome to our latest e-alert which summarises some of the current issues affecting the charity…
4 September 2019
If, like Brenda from Bristol, you're thinking "not another one", it might be because your charity undertakes…
4 September 2019
It's often claimed that there are too many charities all doing the same thing – and sometimes that there are…
4 September 2019
Following the publication of the Law Commission's paper "Technical issues in Charity Law", published in…
4 September 2019
Various revelations and reports in the early part of last year - notably, those concerning Oxfam and Save the…
3 September 2019
If a charity charges fees for the provision of goods, property or services it may be engaging in trading…
3 September 2019
If your school receives or is threatened with a SEND Tribunal claim, it is worth noting the recent finding by…
3 September 2019
We have summarised our advice to schools on the rights of their EU workers and schools' obligations leading up…
3 September 2019
We live in a society where most people gain their political information from their parents, whom vote Labour or…
3 September 2019
Many readers will be familiar with receiving and dealing with grievances, but could you spot a whistleblowing…
30 August 2019
Background
IR35 was introduced in 2000. It was designed to reduce tax avoidance by contractors who HMRC…
27 May 2019
Andrew Mackie featured on the BBC One programme 'Britain's Secret Charity Cheats' which aired on 27 May…
17 May 2019
The Spring/Summer edition of our biannual magazine is out now and is a mixture of the usual thought-provoking…
2 May 2019
If a serious incident happened at your school, would you report it to the Charity Commission?
The Charity…
6 March 2019
Stephen Oxley has been featured in UK Fundraising commenting on the 27% rise in charity closures from 2017-18.
26 February 2019
Background
November 2018 saw the arrival of the Charity Digital Code, a voluntary and free to use digital code…
26 February 2019
HM Land Registry: The 2030 Goal of 'Comprehensive Registration'
If your school has unregistered land on-site…
15 December 2018
Rupert Wilkinson has been featured in the Financial Times commenting on charitable donations this Christmas.
5 November 2018
On 1 August 2018, new provisions of the Charities Act 2011 came into force, bolstering the rules that govern…
14 September 2018
Wilsons Partner, Charlotte Watts, comments on the 27% jump in UK charitable bequests worth £1m+
There has…
14 September 2018
Charlotte Watts has been featured in the Financial Times commenting on charitable bequests.
Charlotte…
19 October 2017
The General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR") will have direct effect in the UK from 25 May 2018 and…