Catholic Care is not the only fruit
21 May 2012
While the Catholic Care case captured all the headlines, the Equality Act exemptions also have other implications,...
Stephen Lloyd is senior partner and head of the charity and social enterprise department at Bates Wells & Braithwaite. He has been a partner at BWB since 1984, and has particular expertise in the interface between charities and trading.
He is author and presenter of numerous articles and seminars, and an adviser to CAF's Venturesome Investment Fund. He is a former chairman of the Charity Law Association, and current chairman of CaSE, LifeHaus Plc and the Centre for Innovation in Voluntary Action.
Lloyd was instrumental in creating the Community Interest Company legal structure.
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Tania Mason looks back over the six years of Andrew Hind’s leadership of the Charity Commission, and charts the actions that created a regulator fit for the 21st Century
Stephen Lloyd responds to a trustee rightly concerned about the consequences of not fully disclosing details of major risk facing the company in their annual report, as required under the Companies Act 2006.
Stephen Lloyd and Tracey Reynolds examine the types of risks trustees face and whether insurance can help with these risks.
One of the risks that any charity faces is fraud. It is not a major risk – only a few charities, thankfully, are the victims of frauds. But fraud happens. It can involve employees, volunteers or property.
Have you considered all of the areas of insurance you might need cover for?
A lone voice on the board asks for advice on the rules and regulations regarding trustees becoming employees and employees becoming trustees. Stephen Lloyd responds.
Small payments to trustees (less than £1,000 to all trustees in total in any year) require no authority from the Charity Commission provided that certain conditions are met.
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