The September 2020 edition of the Academies Financial Handbook introduced an important change to the rules around who can be members of an Academy Trust by bringing in a prohibition of employees of the Trust being members. The new rules come into force on 1 March. For full details and to see what action Academy Trusts need to be taking in response to this change click here to see our ebriefing.
| less than a minute read
Changes to academy trust membership rules
It’s 1 May 2026, so the Renters’ Rights Act is in force for all non-social housing tenancies from today! A brief reminder of what this...

/Passle/5f4626f28cb62a0ab4152da6/SearchServiceImages/2026-05-01-07-29-05-853-69f456419904c8be9ef4dc68.jpg)
/Passle/5f4626f28cb62a0ab4152da6/MediaLibrary/Images/2026-06-29-14-57-40-714-6a4287e4f23c07e9be3eaeab.png)
/Passle/5f4626f28cb62a0ab4152da6/MediaLibrary/Images/2026-06-12-09-53-08-536-6a2bd7046d0b9510ce7de0bf.png)
/Passle/5f4626f28cb62a0ab4152da6/MediaLibrary/Images/2026-06-29-09-45-59-528-6a423ed770265166a19ff37c.png)