Property

A charity deals with property in a number of ways.

A charity may own or rent properties to house their operations. A charity may also hold land to support its charitable purposes. Or a charity can own and manage properties as investments and also benefit from property as a donation or a legacy.

There are strict laws around the disposal of land and property belonging to a charity, as stipulated under the Charities Act 2006.

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News

Age UK branch appeals to council ombudsman after £500k property bill

Finance | Niki May Young | 23 Nov 2011

Tags: Property | Law

Age UK Hertfordshire is preparing to take Watford Borough Council to the local authorities ombudsman in a bid to protect its reputation after receiving a £500,000 dilapidations bill for two properties it occupied.

Case studies

Danger of exercising break clauses in leases of property

Governance | 25 Oct 2011

Tags: Law | Property

A recent case highlights the importance of complying exactly with the conditions of a break clause, says Kate Slattery.

News

Charity cancels BNP meeting after council threatens removal of rates relief 1

Finance | Niki May Young | 24 Oct 2011

Tags: Charity Commission | Property | Statutory funding

A Sussex village hall due to host a talk by BNP leader Nick Griffin on Sunday cancelled the event after council bosses threatened to remove its rates relief if the meeting went ahead.

News

Navca claims victory as Localism Bill passes through House of Lords

Finance | Niki May Young | 20 Oct 2011

Tags: Property | Law

Umbrella organisations fighting to maintain the six-month period in which to register their interest in buying community assets as part of the Localism Bill are celebrating success after the publication of the Bill following the House of Lords report stage.

News

Commission stops Sir Ted Heath trust from selling his former home

Governance | Tania Mason | 28 Sep 2011

Tags: Charity Commission | Property

The Charity Commission has reversed its original decision to allow the charity that looks after Arundells, the £6m home of former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath, to sell the property.

News

Acevo to move in with NCVO next summer 3

Governance | Tania Mason | 29 Jul 2011

Tags: Collaborations | Property | Umbrella bodies

Acevo is to move into the same building as NCVO next summer, but denies it is the first step towards a merger of the two umbrella bodies.

News

Renewed anger over Church Commissioners’ housing sale

Finance | Gareth Jones | 21 Apr 2011

Tags: Property | Social investment | Investment

The Church Commissioners for England have come under fire from their own clergy over its decision to sell 1,630 affordable homes in south London.

Analysis

The outlook for the UK economy in 2011

Finance | 10 Feb 2011

Tags: VAT | Property | Spending Cuts and Recession

Azad Zangana gets out his crystal ball and looks at what the year ahead holds for the country, and charities in particular.

News

Sir Edward Heath Charitable Trust plans to sell Arundells

Finance | Stephen Bain | 23 Nov 2010

Tags: Property

The charity caring for Arundells - the home of former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath - is drawing up plans to sell the house and its contents against the wishes of campaigners.

News

Government vows to make charity land sales easier 1

Finance | Gareth Jones | 13 Sep 2010

Tags: Property

The government has promised to relax the regulations for charities selling land but not until it has given the issue a closer look during next year’s review of the Charities Act.

Blogs

Big Society on a local scale 5

Governance | Gordon Hunter | 21 Jul 2010

Tags: Community fundraising | Property | Volunteering | Big Society

Big Society offers communities the chance to change their ways, notes Gordon Hunter as he offers some big ideas devised for a local action plan.

News

Dreams founder unveils new charity 'hub' in Bucks

Governance | Tania Mason | 12 Apr 2010

Tags: Property

The founder of bedrooms business Dreams has set up a new charity that is developing a 12-acre property in Buckinghamshire that he hopes will become home to up to 30 different charities.

News

OTS launches consultation on making it easier for charities to sell land

Governance | Vibeka Mair | 11 Mar 2010

Tags: Property

The Office of the Third Sector has launched a consultation on relaxing the rules around the selling or disposal of charity land.

Performance

When a board backs a big project that fails

Governance | 19 Feb 2010

Tags: Property | Trustee boards | Trustee liability | Trustee roles and responsibilities

Wendy Morris and Keith Smith respond to the case study of a professional charity whose council approved major expenditure to lavishly refurbish their headquarters after rejecting the chief executive's advice not to go ahead

News

Charity Commission finds mismanagement at Essex Islamic Trust

Governance | Celina Ribeiro | 16 Feb 2010

Tags: Ethics | Property | Trustee roles and responsibilities | Charity Commission | Regulation

An Islamic charity has opted to dissolve itself following a Charity Commission investigation into its poor management and unaccounted-for income.

News

Charity Commission to investigate Royal Institution over office lease

Governance | Vibeka Mair | 15 Feb 2010

Tags: Law | Charity Commission | Property

The Charity Commission is investigating the Royal Institution following reports that it has leased office space to a company run by its chairman without the regulator's permission.

News

Dartford charity tribunal appeal partly succeeds but can't stop development

Governance | Tania Mason | 17 Nov 2009

Tags: Trustee boards | Trustee roles and responsibilities | Property | Legacies | Charity Commission

Two Dartford residents who appealed to the charity tribunal against a Charity Commission decision to rubber-stamp an earlier illegal sale of charity land to property developers, have been partially successful.