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Tom Murdoch
Work Department
Charity
Position
Tom specialises in charity law and is particularly known for his expertise in charitable status, the development of novel charitable purposes and the governance and control of complex charity structures, including charity spin-offs from the state. He acts for a wide variety of charities and social enterprises in various areas, including public interest information, social investment, educational and campaigning organisations; academic, professional and learned institutions; and heritage, science and environmental/conservation charities.
Tom advises on contentious and charity-law compliance issues, structural re-organisations, amendment of royal charters, trading, mergers and restricted funds, special trusts and endowments. Tom also has extensive experience of Interim Manager (“IM”) work, both being appointed by the Charity Commission as IM in several high-profile cases and in assisting Stone King clients respond to Charity Commission investigations and IM appointments.
Recent charity work includes:
- establishing a new charitable purpose to cover Public Interest Journalism; registering the first such charity; and contributing to Dame Francis Cairncross’ submissions to the Lords Communications Committee;
- assisting a household name thinktank conduct novel forms of social investment;
- advising a royal trust on planned spend-out and closure;
- first registration of new charitable purposes associated with open source content, local authority public health responsibilities and novel Covid-related purposes;
- assisting with the conversion of a national Government-sponsored social enterprise to a new royal charter body;
- establishing a new charity to manage significant public assets in London;
- assisting the Government with the establishment of a new national infrastructure charity;
- participating in diverse working parties on the development of charity law, including on the Charities Act 2022.
Personal
Interests include the ‘common good’, ‘public interest’ information and social-purpose enterprise and finance.
Lawyer Rankings
Yorkshire and the Humber > Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
(Leading partners)Stone King LLP works nationally and within Yorkshire on behalf of a significant range of clients, including prominent names in the education, environmental, and heritage sectors. The Leeds team is headed by Tom Murdoch, who ‘provides top class support and service’. Murdoch has expertise advising on major structural transitions within the charity sector, including new and innovative structures. In addition to traditional charities, Murdoch’s client base includes philanthropic trusts, educational institutions, and charitable think tanks. Tom Morrison specialises in the charitable education sector, and covers strategic, governance, contractual, and commercial issues. Sam Dowgill has expertise in regulatory and compliance matters, with a key focus on the environmental sector.