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Join Spofforths’ Partner Mark Spofforth for the Rathbones’ Annual Charity Symposium at the British Museum in London, on Wednesday 12 September 2012. It is a challenging time for Trustees given the current economic climate, and Trustees and their advisers are being encouraged to attend the event to enjoy some topical discussion and share ideas.

The government has recently announced changes to company law that allow many companies and limited liability partnerships more choice in deciding whether to have a statutory audit. The changes apply to financial years ending on or after 1 October 2012.

Since the Academies Act 2010 passed through parliament the education landscape in the UK has undergone a significant period of change. The act has sought to make it possible for existing maintained schools in the UK to become “Convertor Academies” as well as to allow for “Free Schools” to be established. Academy status enables schools to operate with autonomy in key areas such as pay and conditions for staff and divergences from the national curriculum. These new freedoms come with a price and that price is a myriad of legislation and financial reporting requirements just as you would expect given the significant amounts of taxpayer money involved.