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Charitable trusts
Charitable trusts are often created to fund other charities. In this case, every year the trustees can decide which causes the trust should support.

These trusts can be an efficient part of tax planning - gifts can be made with a 50% tax subsidy.

Charitable trusts are often set up in the founder’s lifetime and then topped up out of the estate on death, with full inheritance tax relief.

General services to charities
As well as providing general advice to charities and charitable trustees, we advise on charity qualifications and strategy, as well as helping to set up charities in the first place. We then provide legal, administrative and accountancy support for the lifetime of the trust.

Changes in the law
In Scotland, charities are governed by a new regime, which came into force from April 2006. The legislation applies to active charities (such as those providing medical research, housing for the disadvantaged or famine relief) and to charities which provide funding for others.