ILM Approved Factsheet on Section 117 Charities Act 2011 August 2012

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1 Prepared for ILM by Henmans LLP Introduction Section 117 Charities Act 2011 (previously s36 Charities Act 1993) was enacted in order to ensure that charities are dealing properly with the disposition of real property in which they have an interest. Unfortunately, a number of confusing issues have arisen where land is bequeathed to charities by Will. This factsheet attempts to clarify some of the areas most commonly encountered by legacy officers and PR's. It has been settled by Christopher McCall QC on the basis of his Opinion, which may be appended to this factsheet. This factsheet was updated by Henmans LLP in August 2012 to recognise consolidating legislative changes introduced in the Charities Act S117 will have to be complied with when land held by or in trust for a charity is sold, leased or otherwise disposed of. It is important to note that: S117 only applies to land in England and Wales; S117 does not apply to exempt charities; S117 does apply to unregistered charities; S117 does apply to charities based outside England and Wales if they are registered in England and Wales. The single most important aspect to consider in relation to s117 is who has the power of sale of land. You will find attached a flow-chart to assist in deciding whether s117 applies and if so, who is responsible for compliance. Main principles If land is disposed of by the PR's during the administration of an estate as part of the ordinary administration process the land is not charity land and s117 will not need to be complied with. This applies even if a charity is acting as personal representative. By contrast, where an appropriation has taken place, the PR's have no further power of sale other than at the instruction of the entitled beneficiary. If that beneficiary is a single charity, s117 applies and the charity's Trustees must comply. [If several charities benefit, the trustees of the land who hold for the benefiting charities must comply and it is not necessary for each benefiting charity to gain a separate report - see The Report below.] Tax issues The PR's must pay Capital Gains Tax from the estate on any gain above their annual allowance, regardless of the tax status of the beneficiaries. Appropriation is a procedure recognised by the Inland Revenue for transferring the beneficial interest to the beneficiary or beneficiaries without relinquishing the legal title. Appropriation thus enables sale of property to take place on behalf of charitable organisations, utilising their exemption from Capital Gains Tax. The decision whether to make an appropriation is for the PR s; where there are mixed beneficiaries they must satisfy themselves that it is right to appropriate to one class and not to the other, for instance on tax grounds. There will be other circumstances where appropriation is not suitable, such as where valuations present special problems. In tax terms an appropriation may be particularly undesirable:

2 When the gain is below the PR's CGT allowance; When the property is not likely to gain at all; Where the beneficial interest in a property is shared between charities and individuals and appropriation might penalise the individuals' tax position - the PR s have a duty to balance the interests of beneficiaries. In general, appropriations will be hard to justify where there would be an unjust balance of advantage or disadvantage to any one or more of the beneficiaries. It is thus for the charitable beneficiaries in any given case to consider whether they wish to request an appropriation and for the PR s to consider whether it is right to make one weighing up the benefits and costs. The final decision lies formally with the PR s. One charity or several? Where a single charity is the beneficiary of the interest in land, and there has been an appropriation, Trusteeship of the land for s117 purposes automatically transfers from the PR s to the charity's Trustees, who then have power of sale even though the legal title stays with the PR s; i.e. the PR s must do with the land what the charity tells them. Where there are two or more charities, the power of sale will remain with the PR s or nominated Trustees if not the PR s themselves. They are therefore the charity trustees for the purposes of s117 and not the trustees of the individual charities. Specific situations where s117 applies S117 will need to be complied with in the following circumstances: The land is, prior to entry into an agreement to effect a disposition of that land, appropriated by the personal representatives wholly to a charitable institution (the charity's Trustees must comply) or wholly between two or more charitable institutions (the PR s must comply); The land is held in a trust of land, the life tenant of which has died, and the remainderman is a charitable institution (the charity's Trustees must comply) or the remaindermen are all charitable institutions (the Will Trust Trustees must comply); Land has been assented to the charity. [NB Section 117 will apply to any sale by a charity of its own interest in a trust of land even if other interests are owned by non-charities. For instance, if a charity owns a ¼ share in a property and decides to sell that share in the land (whoever owns the other shares) then s117 applies to the sale of the share as it is an interest in land held by or in trust for a charity: however if the whole of the land is sold by the trustees of the land, s117 will only apply to those trustees (alone) where all the interests in land are held for charity.] Specific situations where S117 will not apply Wherever there is a mix of charities and non-charities, s117 will not apply. That is, where cobeneficiaries of the interest in land are private individuals or exempt charities or a noncharitable trust such as a life tenant who is also a beneficiary. Thus s117 will not apply where: Appropriation has the effect of creating a trust of land in which some of the beneficiaries are not charities; Land is held in a trust of land and is sold during the life of the life tenant even though the remainderman is a charitable institution; On the death of the life tenant, the remaindermen are not all charities.

3 Complying with s117 In order for a charity to effect a disposition of land, an order of the Court or the Charity Commissioners is required. However, s117 allows charitable trustees to sell land without such an order as long as the following requirements are complied with: The disposition is not to a connected person; The disposition is preceded by an agreement to effect the disposition; Before entering into such an agreement, the trustees comply with the procedure set out in s119(1) or, as the case may be, s120(2). This will involve obtaining advice from a suitably qualified person on the merits of the proposed disposition. A Connected Person The restrictions on disposition to a connected person apply to someone who, in relation to the charitable trust of land (if there has been no assent) or to the recipient charity (if there has been), is within s118, s350, s351 and s352 to the Charities Act It includes: A charity trustee or trustee for the charity; The donor of any land to the charity (whether the gift was made on or after the establishment of the charity); A child, parent, grandchild, grandparent, brother or sister of any such trustee or donor; An officer, agent or employee of the charity; The spouse of any of the above people. The date of the disposition is the relevant date for determining whether the connections exists, not the date of the agreement to effect the disposition. If the person is a connected person an order sanctioning the disposition must be obtained from the Charity Commission. A difficulty can arise with sales at auction since it will not be known until the fall of the hammer whether the purchaser is a connected person or not. In this case, the Charity Commission advise that the sale particulars should state that, if the purchaser of the land turns out to be a connected person, the sale will be conditional upon the sanction of the Charity Commission being obtained. The Report under s117 It is normally necessary for the Trustees, before entering into an agreement to effect a disposition of charity land, to obtain and consider a written report on the proposed disposition from a qualified surveyor acting exclusively for the charity. The words 'acting exclusively for the charity' should be taken to mean the charitable trust of land (if there has been no appropriation) or the recipient charity (if there has been). Where several charities share the benefit of the same charitable trust of land, there is no requirement for each to gain separate reports under s117 (but it is open to any charity to seek its own advice on valuation). Once the report has been obtained, the Trustees should advertise the proposed disposition as advised by the surveyor. Once an offer has been made, they should consider whether the terms on which the disposition is to be made are the best which are reasonably obtainable by the charity. The requirements of the report are laid down by Statutory Instrument 1992 No 2980 The Charities (Qualified Surveyors Reports) Regulations 1992 which can be obtained at

4 [Note: the SI at this address is in its original form and has not been updated with references to the Charities Act 2011.] The report must contain a good deal more than the value of the property. There are strict requirements as to its content, which should include a detailed description of the land, including particulars of any leases, covenants or easements which may affect the land. Additionally, detail must be included on the condition of any buildings on the land and whether it would be in the charity s best interest to carry out repairs. The surveyor should also give advice as to the best way of disposing of the land including advice as to the current value. The surveyor instructed by the Trustees must either be a Fellow or Associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors or of the Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers. He must also be reasonably believed by the Trustees to have ability and experience in the valuation of land of the type and area in question. Completing the Sale The contract for sale and subsequent transfer document should each contain a statement complying with s122(1) and s122(2) of the 2011 Act. Where the disposition is registrable, or triggers the requirement of registration, the statement in the transfer document must be in a prescribed form. The charity trustees should also certify in the transfer document that they have power under the trusts of the charity to effect the disposition, and that s119(1) has been complied with or that the sale has been sanctioned by an order of the Charity Commission. Some of the statements required to be included in such contracts and sales documents for registered land must be worded in the manner laid down by the rules of the Land Registrar. See HM Land Registry Practice Guide 14 (July 2012). In other cases the wording is for the solicitor (or licensed conveyancer) acting for the charity trustees to determine in accordance with s122 and s123. Failure to comply with s117 The case of Bayoumi v Women s Total Abstinence Union Ltd [2005] All ER (D) 44 is a salutary lesson to us as to the consequences of not complying with, what was at the time, s36 of Charities Act It was previously considered that an agreement to sell constituted a disposition of land and came within s36(1) (Milner v Staffordshire Congregational Union (Incorporated) [1956] Ch 275). However in Bayoumi it was held that the Milner case should not be followed. Only the actual transfer or creation of an interest in land is a disposition. But charity trustees will normally have to comply with s119(1) (or as the case may be s120(2)) before entering into any agreement to effect a disposition of charity land. Failure to comply with s119(1) (or s120(2)) prior to exchange of contracts will mean that the contract is not enforceable, and can only be completed with the sanction of an order under s117(1). Valuation issues where s117 does not apply As will be clear from the above, personal representatives will not generally be required to follow the precise requirements of s117 during administration of estates. Nevertheless they will still be under a general duty to maximise the asset s value on any sale of property for the benefit of the beneficiaries under the will. This does not explicitly require a qualified surveyor s report to be obtained but an equivalent report or advice from suitable agents (following initial proposals from more than one agent), together with exposure of the property to the open market are in

5 practice the best manner of demonstrating that the personal representatives have fully performed their duties to extract maximum value and to avoid questions being raised as to the proper execution of their duties. In a similar way, the provisions concerning connected persons will not apply to such personal representatives but there is still a duty not to derive any personal advantage from the administration of an estate. Similar duties apply to the trustees of mixed or non-charitable trusts. A flow chart for whether or not an s177 is required in detailed overleaf

6 Who has power of sale? Yes Is the land left subject to a life interest of other prior trust for a living person? During lifetime/prior interest (following death ask questions again) No No, to no one Have the PRs made an appropriation of land to a single charity or group of charities only? Yes No, to no one No To / for noncharity beneficiaries or mixed group of beneficiaries No Have the PRs made an assent of land to a single charity or group of charities only? No, to no one Has administration come to an end leaving benefit to a single charity or group of charities only? Yes, if necessary request an assent to clarify Yes Section 117 does not apply Ask the PRs Don t know Section 117 does apply* * If S.117 applies. If single charity is sole specific or residuary legatee trustee of that charity must comply with S.117. If there are several charities the PRs are responsible.

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