Charity Commission report on the quality of charity accounts and if they meet reader’s needs
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Charity Commission report on the quality of charity accounts and if they meet reader’s needs
Read moreYou must send an annual return (or update your details) every year if your charity is registered in England or Wales.
Read moreToday (8 August) we published the results of a recent consultation which will inform new guidance for publication later this year. The topic is a broad one – setting out the principles that trustees should follow when their charity works closely with a non – charitable organisation. We are pleased with the volume and quality of the responses and I really value the time that many have given to this.
Read moreThe 2018 annual return service will be available by the end of August. It will include new questions that you can start preparing for now.
Read moreThe Charity Commission has published its Annual Report and Accounts for the 2017-18 financial year.
The report sets out the work the Commission has undertaken in 2017-18 to meet its strategic aims to protect charities from abuse and mismanagement, enable trustees to run their charities effectively, encourage transparency and accountability, and serve as an efficient and effective regulator.
Read more“Transparency is not enough: Charities need to demonstrate authenticity to rebuild trust” Charity Commission tells charities.
Being true to their values and the ability to demonstrate efficiency and impact join transparency among the most important ingredients of trustworthiness in charities, according to new research.
The Charity Commission has published the latest in a series of authoritative, independent studies examining the factors that the public associate with a trustworthy charity.
Read moreWhat’s required of a charity trustee, including your responsibilities to your charity.
Charity trustees are the people who share ultimate responsibility for governing a charity and directing how it is managed and run. They may be called trustees, the board, the management committee, governors, directors or something else.
This guidance explains what being a trustee involves.
Read moreThe General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) will become law on the 25 May 2018. It’s important to consider how this will affect your charity.
GDPR is a new Europe-wide data protection law to provide greater protection around personal data, and it effects every organisation that handles such data.
If your charity asks for, receives or holds personal information from others (for example the email addresses of its users or staff) then these regulations will apply.
Read moreRegulator announces summit on safeguarding in UK charities, alongside other measures.
The Charity Commission has announced a suite of measures to help ensure charities learn the wider lessons from recent safeguarding revelations involving Oxfam and other charities, and to strengthen public trust and confidence in charities.
Read moreCharity Commission is seeking feedback on draft guidance for charities that have close relationships with connected non-charitable entities or organisations.
This consultation closes at 5pm on 15 May 2018
The Commission is consulting on draft guidance for charities on their relationships with connected non-charitable organisations.
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