Towards the new SORP
Towards the new SORP
We have received nearly 60 responses to date on the Exposure Draft Charities SORP and want to encourage anyone who has not already done so to engage with the consultation.
The Charity Commission – trusted, valued and in great demand!
The results of our 2017 Trust and Confidence in the Charity Commission survey are good news for the Commission. Against a backdrop of falling trust in institutions of all kinds, public trust in the Commission has held steady since 2015 …
Apply to Register a Charity – one year on
...Commission’s completely digital ‘Apply to Register a Charity’ service (ARC). As the service reaches its first anniversary, it is perhaps fitting that we blog about the three big questions we...
Refining our regulatory approach
...of an Effective Charity and instead endorse and promote the code as the go-to good governance guide. We’re also conducting research with Cass Business School and the Cranfield Trust to...
Charities, good governance, and International Women’s Day
...by many charitable schools. No doubt there is room for improvement here as in any other group of charities, but many schools are shining examples of good processes, well executed....
The changing face of the Governance Code
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Consultation, Governance, Guidance, Public Trust
People become charity trustees because they believe in something and want to make a difference. They don’t want to waste their time on bureaucracy. But nor do they want their efforts wasted by ineffectiveness or undermined by the behaviour or …
Celebrating local charities and trustees
...of tweets using the hashtag #TrusteesWeek which also trended in the UK. Trustees’ Week next year will be on 13-17 November, so mark the date in your diary now! Local...
Learning the lessons from reported charity frauds
The impact fraud can have on a charity’s good work, beneficiaries, and reputation can be immense. The National Crime Agency tell us that charities, along with individuals and the private sector, “lose billions of pounds each year to fraud”. Clearly …
What to do if your charity is facing financial difficulties?
The Commission is only too aware, through our casework and conversations with charities, of the financial difficulties that many are facing. Over the past year we’ve seen a number of charities, some high profile, get into financial difficulties – the …
Who can charities work with internationally?
Over the past few years, the Commission’s Outreach team has run a number of workshops for charities working internationally, including those operating in high-risk areas. These include countries affected by...
Our work in 2016-17 towards our Strategic Plan
...the quality of trusteeship. We will work with Cass Business School Centre for Charity Effectiveness and Cranfield Trust on a major piece of research in 2016 looking at trustee awareness...