– Charities Act 2022

Yesterday, on 23 January 2024, the Government published notification of the latest changes being introduced early 2024 by the Charities Act 2022 (the Act), which amends the Charities Act 2011 .

Members may wish to look at Selling, leasing or otherwise disposing of charity land. The following provisions, which were due to come into force on 14 June 2023 but did not, will be coming into force:

  • provisions relating to disposals by liquidators, provisional liquidators, receivers, mortgagees or administrators
  • provisions relating to the taking out of mortgages by liquidators, provisional liquidators, receivers, mortgagees or administrators
  • changes about what must be included in statements and certificates for both disposals and mortgages

Other amends include making changes to governing documents, charity mergers and further enabling the Commission’s involvement in some trustee related scenarios.

Click here to access the gov.uk webpage which provides short summaries of the changes that are due to come into force in early 2024 and links to their updated guidance for the changes that came into force on 14 June 2023 and 31 October 2022.

An overview of the full changes can be found on this page: Charities Act 2022: implementation plan.

24 January 2024