# New edition of guide to charitable status published

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2003/05/20/new-edition-guide-charitable-status-published/
- Published: 2003-05-20T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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The Directory of Social Change has published a new edition of one of the most popular
guides to charity law.
“Charitable Status: A Practical Handbook” by Andrew Phillips,
has been re-released to help charities comply with the myriad of laws

applying to them. It is aimed at trustees, charity workers, lawyers and accountants
needing a working introduction to the subject.

It is written by Andrew Phillips (Lord Phillips of Sudbury) who is well known for
his 26 year slot as the ‘Legal Eagle’ on Radio 2’s former Jimmy Young Show.

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“Charitable Status, A Practical Handbook” is designed to make life easier for charities
and would-be charities, the great majority of which have no paid staff and who therefore
find it difficult to keep up with all the legal requirements and reporting.

Lord Phillips is an experienced charity lawyer at the firm Bates Wells and Braithwaite
where he has advised charities large and small. He believes that the role of charity
has become even more pivotal in recent years and that “the human scale, organic 
diversity and creativity of the charity world has become a crucial antidote to often
distant bureaucracy.”

The new edition takes account of the many developments in charity law in recent 
years. It also covers proposals in the government¹s recent Strategy Unit Review.

Lord Phillips was assisted in writing the book by his colleague Julian Blake.

The book is published by the Directory of Social Change and costs £9.95. You can
find it listed in the UK Fundraising Bookshop where you can buy it from the publisher
or online from Amazon.co.uk.

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