What do the public think about the way charities report their impact and spending? We recently conducted three focus groups with charity-friendly members of the public to gauge their thoughts on a range of issues regarding charity reporting.
Joe Saxton addresses the uncertain future of UK individual giving in this new free report. Discover why Gift Aid is not as widely taken up as it might be, and reflect on what future solutions to this problem may look like.
The time has come again to reflect on the last 12 months and thank our clients and partners for inspiring us to keep researching topical issues in the sector with 12 free reports.
From trying to obtain an HMRC Gift Aid reference to getting your head around which donations are eligible - claiming Gift Aid can be a daunting and time consuming process, especially for small volunteer run organisations. Joe Saxton shares his experience of the process, complete with useful insights, tips and tricks (some with varying results!)
The Charity Commission recently released a revised Charity Reserves guidance.
It is entitled Charity Reserves – Building Resilience (Hereafter CC19), and, as the name suggests, it is reflective of the criticism that some charities have faced this past summer in terms of financial security.
There are a few important changes in the CC19 that deserve some attention and, I believe, some dispute.
The Government has recently announced a new clause that will be added to grant agreements, meaning that no proportion of a grant awarded to a charity can be used for lobbying Government and Parliament.
We would like to thank our clients and partners for inspiring us to keep researching the topical issues in the sector. As part of our Social Investment programme we regularly produce Free Reports and feed our finding back to the sector so any charity regardless its size or sector can find something useful. Here are the 12 popular reports this year.
It’s now just over a month since the report of Stuart Etherington’s fundraising review was published. There has been a huge amount of comment since then and not least a range of voices about its implications for the sector. So here are my thoughts now the dust is beginning to settle.
Joe Saxton looks at what the coming decade looks like for charities
Robbie Macmillan, 22-year old graduate, Founder and Chairman of Children of Rwanda, a new charity promoting children's health and education in the western part of Rwanda, is contributing to our blog this week.