Charities work under rules that change, and the duty to keep pace sits with the trustees. This is where we cover what the Charity Commission and other regulators expect, how to run a board that works, and the compliance obligations that come with being registered – set out plainly, so you know where you stand and can deal with problems before they grow. Setting a charity up sits here too: registration, HMRC recognition, charitable objects and governing documents.
Small charities tend to arrive at one of two places. Either three policies and some gaps, or thirty downloaded templates nobody has read since the day they were adopted. Both look like a policy problem. Neither is. The useful question…
These are two different things, and the names do a good job of hiding that. The trustees’ annual report is a document you write. The annual return is a form you fill in online. Both are due ten months after…