How to Read Your Charity’s Accounts
You open the accounts pack. There is a covering report. There is a page with two columns of numbers. There is a page that looks like a snapshot of where the charity stands. And there is a letter from someone…
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Charity Governance: Tested Only Under Pressure
Your Board Looks Fine. You Won’t Know If It Is Until Something Goes Wrong Picture a board that has everything right on paper. The trustees are experienced and committed. Meetings happen on time. The papers go out in advance. The…
Charity Income Leakage
The Money You’ve Already Earned and Aren’t Collecting A donation lands after a good event. The gifts are counted, banked, and recorded. Everyone is pleased, and the team moves on to the next thing that is on fire. A year…
Giving Is Down. That Isn’t Your Real Problem.
Charitable giving in the UK fell last year. If your charity leans on one or two income sources, that should worry you more than it worries most. But the answer isn’t to fundraise harder. New research from the Charities Aid…
Why Small Charities Stop Adapting
Five Patterns to Spot Before They Break Here is what keeps small-charity CEOs awake at three in the morning. It is not the fundraising target. It is not the trustee meeting next week. It is the feeling that something is…
Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme
The Free £2,000 Most Small UK Charities Are Leaving Behind HMRC will give your charity up to £2,000 a year. It is called the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme, and most small charities are leaving it on the table. Some…
Salesforce for UK Charities: Nonprofit Cloud vs NPSP
Most UK charities today aren’t losing ground because they lack passion. They’re losing time, money, and donors because they lack the right systems. It’s a pattern that plays out across the sector every single day. Brilliant teams running on spreadsheets,…
Updated Code of Fundraising Practice 2025
It’s Tuesday morning in a small charity office in Manchester, and a fundraising manager stares at her inbox with growing concern. Three donor complaints about aggressive street fundraisers, two questions about data protection, and one worried trustee asking if their…
How to Register a CIO Charity in the UK
You’ve got a brilliant idea that could change lives in your community. Perhaps it’s setting up a food bank in your local area, creating mental health support groups for young people, or establishing a poverty relief charitable organisation that could…
UK Giving Tuesday 2025 for Small Charities
Right after the shopping rush of Black Friday and Cyber Monday comes a different kind of day, Giving Tuesday UK. Instead of filling baskets, people focus on giving back. It’s a global day of giving that brings individuals, charities, and…