Where the money comes from and how to ask for it. Gift Aid, grants, regular giving, legacies, corporate support, events and in-kind gifts, along with the rules that govern all of them. Written for charities with no dedicated fundraiser, so the advice assumes limited time rather than a team.
Most advice about charity funding starts with the sources available. That’s the wrong end. A small charity can list twelve possible income streams and still have no idea which two to work on this year. The useful question is narrower:…
Most rejected applications from small charities were not rejected on the writing. They were rejected on things an assessor checked before reaching the project description, or on a mismatch that no amount of redrafting would have fixed. That matters because…
A local firm offers your charity six months of free legal advice. A supermarket offers pallets of stock nearing its expiry date. A volunteer who happens to be an accountant offers to do your books. Each of these is an…
Two things decide whether a charity event is worth running, and both usually get settled too late. What it will cost you before a single donation arrives, and which permissions you need to hold it legally. An event that raises…
Comparison articles rank platforms by features. The things that decide whether a platform suits a small charity are less visible: what the fees actually come to, whether you get the donor’s details, and what the money is legally allowed to…
Most small charities that feel behind on digital fundraising are not behind on tools. They are running the steps out of order. The pattern repeats. A charity signs up to a platform, sets up a campaign page, posts about it,…
Money inside a charity is not all the same. Some of it is bound by the people who gave it. Some is free for trustees to direct. And some has been earmarked by the trustees themselves, which looks like the…
A local business offers your charity money. Before you accept, one question decides most of what follows: what does the business get back? If the answer is nothing beyond a thank you, HMRC will normally treat the payment as a…
Gift Aid adds 25p to every eligible £1 given by a UK taxpayer, at no cost to the donor. That much is well understood. What decides whether a claim survives contact with HMRC is narrower and less well known. Three…