Charity insolvency—personal liability of charity trustees

Produced in partnership with Rebecca Walker of Lester Aldridge LLP
Practice notes

Charity insolvency—personal liability of charity trustees

Produced in partnership with Rebecca Walker of Lester Aldridge LLP

Practice notes
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FORTHCOMING CHANGE: The Charities Act 2022 (CA 2022) received Royal Assent on 24 February 2022 and the plan, as set out in Charities Act 2022: implementation plan is for its provisions to come into force in three defined groups over three stages, on 31 October 2022, on 14 June 2023 and in ‘early 2024’.

For a summary of the provisions in CA 2022 which have been implemented so far, see: Charities Act 2022: information about the changes being introduced.

CA 2022 implements the majority of the recommendations from the 2017 Law Commission report, ‘Technical Issues in Charity Law’. For a summary (as at 9 April 2021) of the recommendations that have been accepted, see News Analysis: Government response to Law Commission report ‘Technical Issues in Charity Law’

The term ‘charity trustee’ is defined in section 177 of the Charities Act 2011 (CA 2011) as anyone who has general control and management of the administration of a charity. As such, Charity trustees can encompass directors of charitable companies and community benefit

Rebecca Walker
Rebecca Walker

Senior Associate, Lester Aldridge LLP


Rebecca Walker is a specialist in non-contentious corporate insolvencies and restructurings, including enforcement of security and distressed business and asset sales. She also has particular experience in solvent group reorganisations, including solvent liquidations.

During her career, Rebecca has completed secondments at a hedge fund and a German law firm. She has also authored a number of articles in national industry publications and spoken at seminars on restructuring and insolvency issues.

Rebecca speaks fluent German and has acted on a number of restructuring and insolvency matters involving German clients or counterparties.

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Charity definition
What does Charity mean?

A charity is an institution which is established for charitable purposes only and falls to be subject to the control of the High Court in the exercise of its jurisdiction with respect to charities (Charities Act 2011, s 1)

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