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Resources

Checklists  Guidance Notes  Template Clauses  Standard Documents and Forms  External Links Trustee Documents FAQs
  • Auction Sale Checklist
  • Sale Checklist
  • Auction Sale Focus Note
  • Burial Ground Guidance
  • Instructing a Legal Adviser Focus Note
  • QSR (Preparing) Focus Note
  • QSR Focus Note
  • Replacement Project Focus Note
  • Sale Guidance for Managing Trustees
  • Sale Guidance for Solicitors
  • Burial Ground Template Clauses
  • Sale Template Clauses
  • Sale Template Clauses (Scotland)
  • Section 333 Resolution Template Clauses
  • Burial Ground Closure Notice
  • Connected Person Certificate
  • Template Designated Adviser’s Report (DAR)
  • Template Instruction Letter (DAR)
Charity Commission - Disposing of Land

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sales-leases-transfers-or-mortgages-what-trustees-need-to-know-about-disposing-of-charity-land-cc28

Charity Commission on disposing of Land

Closed Church Buildings Guidance - Property Support

https://d1yuutt686hfi0.cloudfront.net/media/documents/closed-church-buildings-oct-2023.pdf

Guidance from the Connexional Team on practical steps to take when closing church buildings. If the above link does not work, please refer to ‘Closed Church Buildings’ under the A-Z Property Guidance on the Methodist Church Website (www.methodist.org.uk/for-churches/property/a-z-property-guidance/).

DAR Regulations - The Charities (Dispositions of Land: Designated Advisers and R

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/467/contents/made

Statutory regulations for the disposal of charity land

Methodist Church Website - Connexional Property Strategy

https://www.methodist.org.uk/for-ministers-and-office-holders/property/property-strategy/

Link to the Connexional Property Strategy

Starting a property project and writing a Mission Plan

https://www.methodist.org.uk/for-ministers-and-office-holders/property/starting-a-property-project/

Guidance from the Connexional Team on developing Mission plans and property profiles.

Step by step guide to selling a manse

https://youtu.be/R8aPyjmiS84

A short video on the sale of manses produced by Anthony Collins, one of the firms on the Methodist Church’s panel of solicitors.

Supporting with the sale and purchase of a manse

https://youtu.be/uU-L6otcU7c

A short video on the purchase and sale of manses produced by Anthony Collins, one of the firms on the Methodist Church’s panel of solicitors.

The Charities Act 2011

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/25/contents

Link to statute

The Charities Act 2022

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/6/contents/enacted

Link to the statute.

Resources

  • Checklists (2)
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    • Auction Sale Checklist
    • Sale Checklist
  • Guidance Notes (8)
    
    • Auction Sale Focus Note
    • Burial Ground Guidance
    • Instructing a Legal Adviser Focus Note
    • QSR (Preparing) Focus Note
    • QSR Focus Note
    • Replacement Project Focus Note
    • Sale Guidance for Managing Trustees
    • Sale Guidance for Solicitors
  • Template Clauses (4)
    
    • Burial Ground Template Clauses
    • Sale Template Clauses
    • Sale Template Clauses (Scotland)
    • Section 333 Resolution Template Clauses
  • Standard Documents and Forms (4)
    
    • Burial Ground Closure Notice
    • Connected Person Certificate
    • Template Designated Adviser’s Report (DAR)
    • Template Instruction Letter (DAR)
  • External Links (9)
  • Trustee Documents (2) lock
  • FAQs
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    • Model Trust Funds
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    • Panel Solicitors
      • Anthony Collins
      • Blake Morgan
      • HCR Law
      • Sintons
    • Streamlining
    • Sales
    • Purchases
    • Scottish Property
    • Developments and Works
    • Letting Property and Third Party Use
      • Licences
      • Granting a Non-Residential Lease to a Third Party
      • Residential Tenancies
    • Litigation
    • Taking a Lease from a Third Party
    • Methodist Property Consents Website
    • Legislation
  • About
    • Mission Statement
    • What we do
    • Governance and Structure
    • People
    • Data Protection
      • Managing Trustees' Privacy Notice
    • Copyright
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