31 Oct, 2024 Budget news - No tax return, no gift aid! By Edwina Turner Whilst the Budget wasn't packed with provisions directly targeting charities, the documents accompanying the Budget included the...
27 Feb, 2024 Charity Commission - friend or foe? By Edwina Turner For anyone working in the world of charities and over 30, you might remember a time when the Charity Commission rarely showed its teeth...
15 Jun, 2023 Spring has sprung (a little late!) - Charities Act 2022 implementation By Edwina Turner We had been promised the implementation of the next tranche of changes to the Charities Act 2011, by the Charities Act 2022, in 'spring...
12 Jun, 2023 Learning the lessons from Troy: The importance of internal financial controls on charitable donations By Edwina Turner Everyone knows the story of the Trojan Horse: the Trojans accepted a large wooden horse as a gift without realising that enemy soldiers...
09 May, 2023 Holding the (virtual) purse strings: updated Charity Commission guidance on internal financial controls By Edwina Turner Nikhil Handa The Charity Commission has published updated guidance on internal financial controls for charities, in an attempt to modernise the...
27 Apr, 2023 Be careful of the company you keep: A new offence for charities of failing to prevent fraud By Edwina Turner The Government has announced more details about its proposed offence of failing to prevent fraud, which could apply to certain charities....
21 Dec, 2022 When the Commission's Christmas greeting is 'managing financial difficulties'... By Edwina Turner So just five days before Christmas, the Charity Commission has launched new guidance entitled: Manage financial difficulties in your...
05 May, 2022 New chair of the Charity Commission's inaugural speech - the wind of change? By Edwina Turner I may be wrong but I caught on the breeze a possible fresh wind of change with Orlando Fraser's first speech as the new chair of the...
08 Feb, 2022 Is bereavement the right foundation for a charity? By Edwina Turner The Captain Tom Foundation has been registered as a charity for less than two years (it was set up not long before Captain Tom died) and...
28 Jan, 2022 Trustees - are you buying property/borrowing money? Then beware! By Edwina Turner The latest inquiry report from the Commission concerning the Hindu Community Society, provides a salutary warning for charity trustees...
02 Dec, 2021 Why poor governance means you just don't care enough By Edwina Turner Working for many years with charity trustees I long ago concluded (controversially) that the trustees that really care for their...
22 Sep, 2021 The Charity Commission calls - does smoke always mean fire? By Edwina Turner When the Charity Commission knocks on the door of a charity (usually the email "door") asking for information from a charity it is easy...