The Managing Trustees receive an offer to buy a property – what do they do next? By the time the Managing Trustees receive an offer, the Qualified Surveyor’s Report (“QSR”) will have been approved by TMCP and the Managing Trustees will have marketed the property in line with the advice of the surveyor as set out in the QSR.

A recent Charity Commission investigation provides a helpful reminder to Managing Trustees about the importance of fulfilling charity law requirements when they sell, lease of otherwise dispose of property.

As many of you will know, the new Panel of Solicitors (‘the Panel’) has been running for six months and we are seeing positive results for Managing Trustees in their transactions already.

Updated resources are now available from the data protection page on TMCP's website. TMCP is reviewing the data protection guidance and documents to ensure that they are up-to-date.

The Web Applications team at Methodist Church House would like to draw Managing Trustees’ attention to their autumn updates to the Property Consents Website: “The Web Applications team at Methodist Church House have successfully implemented the autumn update to the consents site...

The Standard Licence and Template Booking Form have been updated to include a new data protection clause alerting licensees and hirers to the privacy information in the Managing Trustees’ Privacy Notice.

The Government has published an updated “How to Rent” guide together with a further collection of new “how to” housing guides. These guides will be relevant to all Managing Trustees who rent out residential property under Assured Shorthold Tenancies (ASTs), such as Manses, investment property or caretakers flats, when those properties are not being used by the Church.