by Dave Thomas | Feb 27, 2018 | Societies and Charities Articles
2011 Article, updated February 2018 Legislation such as the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1908, Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act 1908, Building Societies Act 1965, Friendly Societies and Credit Unions Act 1982, and Racing Act 2003, and Acts...
by Dave Thomas | Feb 27, 2018 | Societies and Charities Articles
2012 Article, updated February 2018 Effective from 25 February 2012, the Charities Act 2005 was changed, and those involved in or advising charities registered with the (then) Charities Commission (now, Board) had to change their administration and reconsider what...
by Dave Thomas | Feb 27, 2018 | Societies and Charities Articles
2012 Article, updated February 2018 My article, “Winding up a society or charitable trust”, closed warning of the officers’ potential liability on liquidation: Society committee members and charitable trustees may be personally liable following liquidation if the...
by Dave Thomas | Feb 27, 2018 | Societies and Charities Articles
2012 Article, updated February 2018 Why plan strategically? Strategic planning is required of councils under the Local Government Act 2002, and Parliament presumably believed that this would improve the performance of local authorities – this principle may have wider...
by Dave Thomas | Feb 27, 2018 | Societies and Charities Articles
2012 Article, updated February 2018 In two of my early articles (“As common as dirt” and “Lessons from a Polytechnic”) I outlined the disadvantages of unincorporated societies, stating that “for any society, other than the most basic, incorporation is highly desirable...