The Charities Aid Foundation has recently published its latest World Giving Index to identify geographical trends in public generosity.
As a charity, keeping good accounting records is at the heart of both excellence in public accountability and effective decision making.
Read our summary of the NCVO’s UK Civil Society Almanac 2023, sharing the latest data on the voluntary sector’s size, finances and people.
It can sometimes be good to brush up on the facts to ensure that you’re abreast of charity regulations and recent developments. The Charity
This article covers some of the key misconceptions the public have about how charities manage their finances and help clarify the facts.
Does your charity make grants to overseas bodies? Be aware of growing scrutiny from HMRC on the funding of work overseas by charities.
Most charities need public support; therefore, how people interact and think of charities is intrinsically linked to what they can do.
Under charity law, a charity’s funds are either income funds or capital funds, and are either restricted or unrestricted. Knowing what nature of resources you have and what this means for how you can use them is essential for making the most of what they can achieve.
Charities exist for people’s wellbeing. The resources they have are devoted to the pursuit of their purposes to achieve that. A crucial part of those resources are the people. Find out in this article how good stewardship of a charity’s people is a prime responsibility for trustees…
Charity trustees are the people who lead a charity. They play a vital and rewarding role that contributes to the wellbeing of those involved and affected by their organisation. Trustees have legal control over and ultimate responsibility for the charity, so the law places important duties on them…
Accurately completing the Charity Commission Annual Return should be a top priority for all charity boards. The data declared on it is used by the Commission to regulate the sector and is often the first information a member of the public will see about your charity, when searching on the charity register.
All registered charities must prepare a Trustees’ Report to accompany their accounts and if asked, make this document available to the public. Charities with income above £25,000 (and Charitable Incorporated Organisations of any size) need to file this report with the Charity Commission, along with their accounts and annual return.
