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Trustees Verify who the present charity trustees are. Examine historic appointment and retirement deeds to validate earlier changes to the board. Consider whether any current trustees have obvious conflicts of interest. Trust instrument Review the trust instrument and identify the powers it grants. Record any express limits on exercising those powers. Note whether any of the charity’s land is functional, designated, or held in specie. Land and leases Identify the charity’s property holdings and carry out the following checks: Confirm that title to all land is current, checking whether required deeds or transfers were executed after trustee changes, or reliance is placed on statutory vesting; verify proper execution of all documents. Confirm that appropriate restrictions have been entered on the title register. Confirm, so far as possible, that the land was duly authorised on acquisition, and review every lease where the charity is landlord or tenant; note any onerous obligations, and check whether required notices were served after...

In this issue: Trusts Court of Protection UK taxes for Private Client HMRC Manuals updates Insolvency—Private Client Charity and philanthropy Contentious trusts and estates Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland International Question of the week Daily and weekly news alerts LexTalk®Private Client: a Lexis®PSL community New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q&A Useful information Trusts Companies House publishes guidance on removal of overseas entities from register Companies House has issued guidance setting out the process for taking an overseas entity off the Register of Overseas Entities. It applies where the entity no longer holds registered title to UK land or property acquired on or after 1 January 1999 in England and Wales, 8 December 2014 in Scotland, and 5 September 2022 in Northern Ireland. The guidance confirms the entity must have disposed of all UK property or land, and the transfer of ownership...

Restructuring & Insolvency weekly highlights—7 March 2024 In this issue: Key R&I developments Security review Corporate insolvency processes Personal insolvency Property insolvency Restructuring The office-holder Financial institutions International restructuring and insolvency Daily and weekly news alerts Key dates for R&I professionals New content Key R&I developments Spring Budget 2024—key Restructuring & Insolvency announcements In the Spring Budget 2024, on 6 March 2024, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, confirmed the scrapping of the administration fee for debt relief orders (DROs). See: LNB News 06/03/2024 89. Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Commencement No 2 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2024 SI 2024/269 Certain provisions of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA 2023) come into force on 4 March 2024, 5 March 2024, and 26 April 2024. Of those commencing this week, matters of note for R&I lawyers: (i) refine the...

In this issue: Wills Court of Protection UK taxes for Private Client HMRC Manuals updates Tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance Budgets and Finance Bills Contentious trusts and estates Pensions, insurance and tax efficient investments International Question of the week Additional Private Client updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts LexTalk®Private Client: a Lexis+® community New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Wills Llamas, legacies, and legalities—does a gift in a Will fail if the charity ceases to exist? (British Camelids Ltd v Brooke Hospital for Animals) Animal-loving conservationist Candia Midworth, who kept llamas on her Surrey farm, directed that her £1.9m estate be shared equally among a number of animal charities. By the date of her death on 8 April 2022, some of those charities had either passed their functions to successor bodies or disappeared entirely. British Camelids Ltd, as claimants,...

This Practice Note looks at the principal considerations and steps when establishing a company limited by shares or by guarantee. What is a company? A company is a business vehicle that exists as a separate legal entity, distinct from its members. It is owned by its members and run by its directors. It is governed by the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). Companies are widely used; more than 5 million are on the UK public register maintained by Companies House. Under the CA 2006, the following company types are available: Public or private companies limited by shares — see Practice Notes: Private companies limited by shares and Public companies limited by shares Private companies limited by guarantee (primarily used by charities and other not-for-profit organisations — see Practice Note: Companies limited by guarantee) Unlimited companies (comparatively uncommon — see Practice Note: Unlimited companies) For details on other business vehicles, see Practice Note: Forms of business vehicle — fundamentals....

This Practice Note outlines the key features of a private company limited by shares. It also explains the principal differences from public companies limited by shares, and why this structure might be selected as the preferred business vehicle rather than another UK company form. What is a private company limited by shares? A private company limited by shares is a distinct legal person, separate from its members. Ownership rests with members through their shareholdings, while directors run the company in accordance with the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) and the company’s constitutional document, the articles of association. This is a widely adopted vehicle. The Companies House public register records over five million limited companies, of which more than 95% are private companies limited by shares. The other UK company types available under the CA 2006 are: public companies limited by shares—see Practice Note: Public companies limited by shares private companies limited by guarantee, which are primarily used by charities and other not-for-profit...

Key principles The core principles relating to conflicts of interest are: A conflict of interest is any circumstance where a trustee’s personal interests or loyalties could, or could be perceived to, prevent them from acting solely in the charity’s best interests Trustees must avoid any position in which their trustee duties may conflict with personal interests or loyalties, and must not allow private loyalties or interests to override their trustee duties and responsibilities The Charity Commission’s Guidance places growing emphasis on the management and/or avoidance of conflicts of interest, and the number of Charity Commission investigations in this area has increased noticeably When a potential conflict arises, it must be managed appropriately-for example, the relevant trustee should withdraw from the decision-making process Charities should also draft and maintain a conflicts of interest policy that covers: the types of conflict of interest addressed by the policy when a trustee may take a benefit from the charity...