Charities Act 2022: Further Changes Introduced Today

The new Charities Act became law in February 2022, introducing a wide range of technical changes to charity law which will impact many charities.

The changes are being implemented over an 18-month period, and from today we are two-thirds of the way through the implementation process.

In this article we will update you on some of the key changes which have been introduced so far as well as what is still to come, focussing on those which may be of particular importance to you and your charity.

The first tranche of changes came into force on 31 October 2022, including:

• Remuneration of charity trustees for providing goods to the charity. The new provisions mean that your charity has a standalone power to pay a trustee (or a connected person) for providing goods to the charity. This is in addition to a previous power to pay a trustee for providing services (or goods and services) to the charity. If this is relevant to your charity, you still need to ensure