CCEW has issued revised guidance on Investments following a recent consultation, bringing it up to date for the modern era and ensuring that it reflects recent legal developments such as the recent High Court judgement in the Butler-Sloss case. This guidance is set out in CC14 Investing charity money: guidance for trustees. The key theme of the guidance is the need for trustee ...

Changes to UK Company Law
Company Directors need to be prepared for a huge change in corporate responsibility due to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act, this is a landmark piece of legislation with many implications for UK businesses. One significant change that Companies House will be introducing will be ‘Identity Verification’ for individuals setting up and managing companies with new ...

Charity News: The state of the charity sector
Over the course of the summer a number of reports have been issued providing an indication of the state of the charity sector in 2023 after the difficulties of the last few years caused by the pandemic and subsequent cost of living crisis. In July CCEW published two reports based on research carried out earlier this year. The first addressed public trust in charities, and conc ...

Rate of inflation falls as interest rates held
UK inflation fell to a two-year low while the base rate of interest was unchanged by the Bank of England for the second month in a row. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that the UK's rate of Consumer Price Index inflation fell to 4.6% from 6.7% in September. The ONS found that a small reduction in the energy price cap helped to bring the inflation rate down. Ac ...